Re: Do symbols make sense for C++
On 26/01/2012 09:08, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On 2012-01-26, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
>> But that feels like a result contrary to what I had previously thought was
>> the intended direction, so I wanted to ask the Debian development
>> community as a whole: am I missing something? Are these symbols files
>> actually useful?
>
> Symbol files are nice if you have a upstream who doesn't always take
> binary compatibility that serious (which is probably the case for 75% of
> upstreamers). Then you have a list that helps you finding out.
>
> (and then of course there is the usual bits and pieces about why symbol
> files are useful)
>
> You do need a bit of knowledge, especially when some of the symbols you
> mentioned go missing (like the std::vector ones), which isn't normally a
> abi break.
About what i wonder (since i'm not c++ expert) if abi-compliance-checker
is serious enough to be used to decide soname bumps ?
http://www.upstream-tracker.org/
Regards,
Jérémy.
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