Hello Sergei. 

How do versions work, then?

On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 16:51, Sergei Golubchik <serg@mariadb.org> wrote:
Hi, Nikita,

This looks very confusing, this is not how versions work.
What are you trying to achieve by that?

On Oct 07, Nikita Malyavin wrote:
> revision-id: e8021aaf28e (mariadb-11.6.1-9-ge8021aaf28e)
> parent(s): a5b80531fbb
> author: Nikita Malyavin
> committer: Nikita Malyavin
> timestamp: 2024-10-04 00:16:17 +0200
> message:
>
> auth: refactor MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_INTERFACE_VERSION naming
>
> Rename MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_INTERFACE_VERSION to
> MYSQL_AUTH_INTERFACE_VERSION_2_02.
> This is the current latest version, and it will be fixed to all auth plugins
> for current implementation.
> MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_INTERFACE_VERSION will stay for compatibility with 3-rd
> party auth plugins and will be fixed to V. 2.02.
> Add MYSQL_AUTHENTICATION_INTERFACE_VERSION_LAST that will be updated as needed.
> Add MYSQL_AUTH_INTERFACE_MAJOR_MASK to identify major version.
>
Regards,
Sergei
Chief Architect, MariaDB Server
and security@mariadb.org


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Yours truly,
Nikita Malyavin