[PHOENIX-5607] Client-server backward compatibility tests

• Type: Test
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.15.0
• Fix Version/s: 5.1.0, 4.16.0
• Labels: phoenix-hardening
• Assignee: Sandeep Guggilam
• Reporter: Lars Hofhansl
• Created: 07/Dec/19 18:27
• Updated: 01/Aug/23 14:59
• Resolved: 18/Mar/20 20:34

Description

Filing this as a blocker for 4.16.0.

As we've seen with the various failed attempts to release 4.15.0 Phoenix' backwards compatibility story is weak, and lacks tests - in fact there're no tests.

We should not allow to ship 4.16.0 without improving that and without tests.

ckulkarni, gjacoby , FYI, what we discussed.

Issue Links

• is a parent of: PHOENIX-5746 Update release documentation to include versions information
• is duplicated by: PHOENIX-5271 Add b/w compatibility jenkins tests
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #714