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@@ -301,8 +301,10 @@ existing producer scripts will not suddenly use the new functionality.
#### Change an op's functionality
1. Add a new similar op named `SomethingV2` or similar and go through the
- process of adding it and switching existing Python wrappers to use it, which
- may take three weeks if forward compatibility is desired.
+ process of adding it and switching existing Python wrappers to use it.
+ To ensure forward compatibility use the checks suggested in
+ [compat.py](https://www.tensorflow.org/code/tensorflow/python/compat/compat.py)
+ when changing the Python wrappers.
2. Remove the old op (Can only take place with a major version change due to
backward compatibility).
3. Increase `min_consumer` to rule out consumers with the old op, add back the