On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 05:44:25PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le vendredi 07 octobre 2005 à 14:33 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > > > We're already doing it for libpng, as no one else seemed interested in > > > properly version the symbols. There haven't been any issues reported so > > > far. > > What ever happened to libpng upstream's bizarre plan to hand-mangle symbol > > names in lieu of versioning? If they're not doing that, then someone > > (like... the maintainer ;) should bludgeon them into accepting a patch for > > real symbol versioning... > They're planning to do that for the next major libpng version only. I have a better idea, then; how about if they just never have new major versions of libpng, ever again? The last two soname changes were in fact total bullshit, and judging by past events I can see them using symbol versioning as an *excuse* to change an soname, which would be the most ironically counterproductive option available to them... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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