Re: bzr commit into mysql-6.0-backup branch (ingo.struewing:2745) WL#4630

[Rafal Somla]

Hi Ingo,

Thanks for good suggestions about how to improve the documentation of backup 
stream library (perhaps even obvious sometimes). I don't have time to work on 
this now, but I created WL#4782 to record the issue.

Ingo Strüwing wrote:
>>>>      - What does "extra data length" mean?  And why is it always 0?
>>> It is the length of the "extra data" that could be present in the backup
>>> image for an object. Currently, we do not write extra data to the backup
>>> image. Hence it is always 0.
>>>
>> Perhaps no information about extra data should be printed if it is not
>> present...
> 
> 
> I suggest to display empty data with verbose. If suppressing completely,
> user might suspect, client is broken.
>

Ok, I can buy this.

Rafal