[ovirt-users] oVirt SDK v4 backwards compatibility

[Tomas Jelinek]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rafael Martins" <rmartins at redhat.com>
> To: "Karli Sjöberg" <karli.sjoberg at slu.se>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 7:06:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt SDK v4 backwards compatibility
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karli Sjöberg" <karli.sjoberg at slu.se>
> > To: "Rafael Martins" <rmartins at redhat.com>
> > Cc: users at ovirt.org
> > Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 6:13:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt SDK v4 backwards compatibility
> > 
> > 
> > Den 7 nov. 2016 15:53 skrev Rafael Martins <rmartins at redhat.com>:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Karli Sjöberg" <karli.sjoberg at slu.se>
> > > > To: users at ovirt.org
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 7, 2016 3:06:10 PM
> > > > Subject: [ovirt-users] oVirt SDK v4 backwards compatibility
> > > >
> > > > Heya!
> > > >
> > > > Quick question, if I have on my computer installed a newer version
> > > > Python SDK than what´s installed on the engine (4.0.3 locally and 3.6.X
> > > > in engine), is it possible to connect?
> > >
> > > It is not possible, but you can still install the RPM for the version 3
> > > of
> > > the SDK. Please note that the code of the SDK versions is not compatible.
> > 
> > Ok, as I thought. But how does others handle that, like moVirt e.g? Is
> > there
> > a best-practice for backwards compatibility?

moVirt is not using the SDKs, it is talking to API directly. But the general rule for the clients 
(moVirt but also ManageIQ) works like this:
- check the version of the API right at the beginning
- according to the found version use either the new or the old api

> 
> Right now if you use the old SDK you should be able to "talk" with both 3.6
> and 4.0, because 4.0 api provides backward compatibility with 3.6. But I'm
> not sure if you can rely on this. Juan may have more details for you.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> 
> > /K
> > 
> > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > Karli Sjöberg
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