Re: Linux Core Consortium
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:59:10PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > The main technical effect that I see would be that the names of some
> > dynamic libraries would change. And compatibility with the old names
> > could be maintained indefinitely if necessary.
>
> How in the world does changing the names of core system libraries serve the
> technical goal of providing better *compatibility* between distros? Indeed,
> how could this be anything other than a gratuitous change?
Good question. OTOH, getting all of us to use a common naming *AND VERSIONED
SYMBOL TAGS* for everything is a worthy goal. If this project will help
with that...
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