netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] tools: ynl: correctly handle overrides of fields in subset

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Message-ID: <20250106073641.1003e36b@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 07:36:41 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] tools: ynl: correctly handle overrides of
 fields in subset

On Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:27:49 +0000 Donald Hunter wrote:
> > We stated in documentation [1] and previous discussions [2]
> > that the need for overriding fields in members of subsets
> > is anticipated. Implement it.
> >
> > [1] https://docs.kernel.org/next/userspace-api/netlink/specs.html#subset-of
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231004171350.1f59cd1d@kernel.org/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>  
> 
> I guess we're okay with requiring Python >= 3.9 for combining
> dicts with |

Ah, I didn't realize. Does YNL work on older versions today?
I thought we already narrowed down to 3.9+. That may have
been tests not YNL itself.

The "oldest" OS I have is CentOS 9(-derived) and has 3.9,
so from my selfish perspective 3.9+ is perfectly fine :)