Bailey Hayes (Feb 05 2025 at 17:30): Bailey Hayes (Feb 05 2025 at 17:30):Hello! I am looking for how wasmtime handles linking versions and documentation for how other runtimes are expected to handle non-breaking patch updates.
I believe the expectation is that runtimes that support older versions of WASI, e.g. 0.2.2, should successfully link to a component that has a newer patch version (0.2.3) if the new features are not used. Is that correct?
Pat Hickey (Feb 05 2025 at 17:37):I don't know if there are docs, but heres the implementation https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/blob/main/crates/environ/src/component/names.rs
Alex Crichton (Feb 05 2025 at 21:23):You're correct bailey yeah. AFAIK we haven't documented this too well at this time. The theory though is wasmtime embedders update at their own cadence and they will naturally support both older and newer components unless bleeding edge features are used
Alex Crichton (Feb 05 2025 at 21:24):That is, unless the guest is using bleeding edge features which requires updating wasmtime to get support
Pat Hickey (Feb 05 2025 at 22:02):right. brand new feature in a patch version means the name wont be available in the prior version, so it wont resolve because the name doesnt exist.
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