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authorBen Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>2016-12-01 11:06:54 -0800
committerBen Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>2016-12-02 08:51:29 -0800
commit51738fe1765c33f73fc0aabba46052aa7bdba153 (patch)
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parent92caf18899dfb819713fc447ae7926d31711fecf (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-51738fe1765c33f73fc0aabba46052aa7bdba153.tar.gz
ovsdb-tool: Document database numbering scheme.
Prompted by an IRC discussion. Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> Acked-by: Russell Bryant <russell@ovn.org>
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diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index b92b7c0b3..d10fc1def 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -501,15 +501,8 @@
<column name="db_version">
<p>
- The database schema version number in the form
- <code><var>major</var>.<var>minor</var>.<var>tweak</var></code>,
- e.g. <code>1.2.3</code>. Whenever the database schema is changed in
- a non-backward compatible way (e.g. deleting a column or a table),
- <var>major</var> is incremented. When the database schema is changed
- in a backward compatible way (e.g. adding a new column),
- <var>minor</var> is incremented. When the database schema is changed
- cosmetically (e.g. reindenting its syntax), <var>tweak</var> is
- incremented.
+ The database schema version number, e.g. <code>1.2.3</code>. See
+ ovsdb-tool(1) for an explanation of the numbering scheme.
</p>
<p>