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README: fine-tune the definition of "backwards compatible"
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Backwards Compatibility
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Open MPI version Y is backwards compatible with Open MPI version X
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Open MPI version vY is backwards compatible with Open MPI version vX
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(where Y>X) if users can:
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* Compile an MPI/OSHMEM application with version X, mpirun/oshrun it
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with version Y, and get the same user-observable behavior.
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* Invoke ompi_info with the same CLI options in versions X and Y and
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get the same user-observable behavior.
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* Users can compile a correct MPI / OSHMEM program with vX
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* Run it with the same CLI options and MCA parameters using vX or vY
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* The job executes correctly
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Note that this definition encompasses several things:
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