Re: OpenAL Soft to become the Default OpenAL Library
On 5/17/08, Andres Mejia <mcitadel@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a direct upgrade/replacement to upstream si. Programs using the old
> library *should* work with the new library without the need to make any
> changes. As far as I know, the mp3/vorbis loki extensions are taken out,
> although they were considered deprecated in the old library.
>
> I've done my own tests.
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-games/2008/04/msg00189.html
Those tests show that the API is compatible, not the ABI. To
investigate the ABI, you would have to test the applications _without_
rebuilding them. The thorough way to figure out if there is ABI
compatibility would be to compare the headers between the two
libraries for ABI-incompatible changes.
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