On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:45:25 -0500 "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> if i understand your list, there is a 4th option- add and _inform_ by > SONAME/version# change. > > Bumping the SONAME seems to be the only way to make the outside world > aware that they should inspect their code for compatibility, but even > if they do not, it will still work, since these new frame types will > not be the default case. It also prevents us from having to do any > modifications to the dozens of existing backends that wont have the > new frame types or options. (unlike b and c). well, yes, that works too. I the hope that the outside world will care :) -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it
