[collectd] Plugin interface stability

[Pavel]

Hi,

You mixed the concepts of core Collectd API 
(Plugin_architecture page) and API,
provided by plugin itself 
(https://collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd-exec.5.shtml#exec_data_format).

Regards,
Pavel.

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:17:07 +0200 Oleg Rosowiecki 
<orosowiecki at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking at the plugin API description here:
> 
> https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin_architecture
> 
> and found the note at the bottom of the page that no attempt is made to
> make the plugin API backwards-compatible and it may change any time.
> 
> What about the "exec" plugin that executes arbitrary scripts/programs? If
> backwards compatibility is a concern (and I can't submit my plugin to the
> community), can I consider "exec's" interface to be more stable?
> 
> Thanks,
> Oleg