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Bug#975029: transition: notcurses



On 2020-11-22 06:12:36 -0500, Nick Black wrote:
> first off, sorry about that. it was in the NEWS, but it really
> did come at an inconvenient time, and probably wasn't the best
> call. this is an API change but *not* an ABI change[0].
> 
> * 2.0.7 (2020-11-21)
>   * The `horiz` union of `ncplane_options` has been discarded; the `int x`
>     within has been promoted. This union brought no actual type safety, and
>     was annoying for callers to deal with otherwise. Sorry for the
>     inconvenience.
> 
> i've sent off a patch to the snd author; how would you feel
> about me providing you with that same patch? it's quite trivial,
> and fewer than a dozen lines.
> 
> i appreciate your patience and willingness to work with me as i
> learn the transition process, sebastian. you've been very
> helpful.

Please send the patch to #975082. In the future, please either include
those changes already when preparing a transition or wait until the
transition is done.

Cheers

> 
> [0] the difference is in a struct's definition; while it changes
>     the API, it *does not* change the ABI (it replaces a union over
>     enum+int with the int) AFAICT.



-- 
Sebastian Ramacher

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