clusterGetRandomName() generalized into getRandomHexChars() so that we can use it...

[redis.git] / 00-RELEASENOTES

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@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@ Redis 2.6 release notes
 Migrating from 2.4 to 2.6
 =========================
 
-Redis 2.4 is mostly a strict subset of 2.6.
-The only thing you should be aware is that you can't use .rdb and AOF files
-generated with 2.4 into a 2.2 instance.
+Redis 2.4 is mostly a strict subset of 2.6. However there are a few things
+that you should be aware of:
 
-2.4 slaves can be attached to 2.2 masters, but not the contrary, and only for
-the time needed to perform the version upgrade.
+* You can't use .rdb and AOF files generated with 2.6 into a 2.4 instance.
+* 2.4 slaves can be attached to 2.6 masters, but not the contrary, and only
+  for the time needed to perform the version upgrade.
 
-From the point of view of the API Redis 2.4 only adds new commands
-(other commands now accepts a variable number of arguments) so you don't need
-to modify your program in order to use Redis 2.4.
-
-However there are a few semantical differences that you should be aware of:
+There are also a few API differences, that are unlikely to cause problems,
+but it is better to keep them in mind:
 
 * SORT now will refuse to sort in numerical mode elements that can't be parsed
   as numbers.
@@ -22,7 +19,8 @@ However there are a few semantical differences that you should be aware of:
   break code that was not conceived exploting the previous resolution error
   in some way.)
 * INFO output is a bit different now, and contains empty lines and comments
-  starting with '#'.
+  starting with '#'. All the major clients should be already fixed to work
+  with the new INFO format.
 
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