[HTCondor-devel] A note about merges of param_info.in from V8_0 (stable) to/from master

["John (TJ) Knoeller" <johnkn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you look at param_info.in in the master branch, you will see that it looks a
lot different than the V8_0 (stable) branch.   Most of the fields that were ignored have
been removed,  and several other fields that are required in stable are now optional
(and defaulted) in developer.

A document describing the revised schema for param_info.in is here
https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/wiki?p=AddingConfigurationFileParametersToHtCondor

schema changes include removal of some fields,  addition of new path & long param types,
new customization types and parser changes that make nearly all of the fields optional.

Please note that this document applies to the master branch only,
the stable branch still follows the old schema, which requires (but ignores)
several fields such as url="" and does not recognize path, long

Please be careful when merging changes in the param_info.in file from v8_0 (stable) branch
to master and be especially careful when cherry picking change from this file from master back to V8_0.

-tj