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authorVarun Ravichandran <varun.ravichandran@mongodb.com>2023-03-08 05:45:09 +0000
committerEvergreen Agent <no-reply@evergreen.mongodb.com>2023-03-20 15:54:30 +0000
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SERVER-73740: Allow old FCV constants to be parsed by min_fcv
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@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ no provided setting evaluates to `false`, the server parameter will be registere
is enabled. `min_fcv` is a string of the form `X.Y`, representing the minimum FCV version for which
this parameter should be enabled. `feature_flag` is the name of a feature flag variable upon which
this server parameter depends -- if the feature flag is disabled, this parameter will be disabled.
+`feature_flag` should be removed when all other instances of that feature flag are deleted, which
+typically is done after the next LTS version of the server is branched. `min_fcv` should be removed
+after it is no longer possible to downgrade to a FCV lower than that version - this occurs when the
+next LTS version of the server is branched.
* `validator`: Zero or many validation rules to impose on the setting. All specified rules must pass
to consider the new setting valid. `lt`, `gt`, `lte`, `gte` fields provide for simple numeric limits