On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:32:03AM -0000, Dave Page wrote: > > > As for Windows DLL hell, I don't know a lot about that, but if that's > > such a problem, why didn't the original creators of the windows port > > stick the version number in there from the start. On UNIX, libpq is > > half versioned (the library is, but not the symbols) so I would have > > thought copying that idea would have been obvious. > > Because we simply didn't think of it at the time, and it's something > that has irked me ever since.
In that case, I agree. I've always thought a lot of problem in windows could be solved if they systematically added a version number to every library (like in UNIX). Are there any reasons why we shouldn't change the libname with every release like for UNIX? I can't think of any, but you never know... Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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