* Julien Cristau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070607 18:04]: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2007 at 17:56:46 +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > * Mike Hommey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070607 17:49]: > > > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 05:39:56PM +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > symbols MUST NEVER disappear! > > > > > > Reality is that it happens. > > > > Reality is that this build must fail with a proper warning, so that the > > maintainer can decide if this is an excption and ok or whether he should > > cluebat upstream about a what soname means. > > > Reality is that libs export private symbols (not part of the API, and > not used by anything), and a private symbol disappearing shouldn't force > a SONAME change.
I would *really* like the maintainer to do an explicit ok to such an situation, instead of *silently* assuming the best. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
