python: idl: Add monitor_cond_since support.

Add support for monitor_cond_since / update3 to python-ovs to allow more efficient reconnections when connecting to clustered OVSDB servers. Signed-off-by: Terry Wilson <twilson@redhat.com> Acked-by: Dumitru Ceara <dceara@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
openvswitch · Jan 6, 2022 · 46d44cf · 46d44cf
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@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Post-v2.16.0
    - Python:
      * For SSL support, the use of the pyOpenSSL library has been replaced
        with the native 'ssl' module.
+   - OVSDB:
+     * Python library for OVSDB clients now also supports faster
+       resynchronization with a clustered database after a brief disconnection,
+       i.e. 'monitor_cond_since' monitoring method.
    - ovs-dpctl and 'ovs-appctl dpctl/':
      * New commands 'cache-get-size' and 'cache-set-size' that allows to
        get or configure linux kernel datapath cache sizes.