[ltt-dev] LTTng kernel integration roadmap, update

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 03:57:22AM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> I agree that we should have a text-based output format for kernel
> hackers, as well as a binary high volume format.  I'd argue also that
> since the text-based one would be used by kernel hackers, we don't
> need to worry so much about keeping the format absolutely stable from
> kernel version to kernel version (and it's not worth it to add version
> tags to the text stream); people who care about a long-term, stable
> interface should use the binary output format, IMHO.  
> 
> I'm not sure everyone will agree with me, but I think it helps to
> simplify the effort behind the text-based output.

Yes, agreed.