hi,

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Johannes Schlüter <johan...@php.net> wrote:

> ps. I'm aware of the fact that we added some specific APIs in special
> cases in bug fix releases before, but there's a difference between
> adding APIs and breaking the ABI of existing, used, stuff.

Exactly. To summarize:

x.y.z to x.y.z+1: ABI and API must be 100% compatible
x.y.z to x.y+1.z: ABI can be broken (need a recompilation),  API must
be 100% compatible
x.y.z to x+1.y.z: party time ;)

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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