Matt, Matt Wilson wrote:
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 06:29:07PM +0200, Gael Duval wrote:If I understand correctly, since most Linux distros ship with KDE libs, an exception here would be extremely helpful for all.If you're talking about including KDE in the LSB, yes - this lack of C++ ABI stability will block any C++ library from being included in the LSB.What kind of exception? There is no way to guarantee that libkde*.so on one distribution will have the same ABI on one distribution versus another. Only after all distributions have a consistent C++ ABI can we standardize on anything that uses C++...
I know we're talking about standardizatoin, on the technical side. Anyway, one thing is IMHO very bad for Linux, it's the KDE/GNOME fratricid wars. I was very happy they didn't happen anymore for months. Now I'm afraid we have here the germs for a new one, or please explain me.
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