On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Julien BLACHE <jb at jblache.org> wrote: > "m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> What is the point of the plain .so name if you can't use it? > > Linking against a specific backend, loading a specific backend from > the frontend directly, etc. > > And what's the point in having versionned backends if you discard > the version?
we are not discarding the version, we are trying to find a way for v1 backends to coexist with v2 backends. > > Make the dll backend load v2 and v1 backends if you want. You also > have to handle duplicates, whether you use versioning or not. > > Really, back out the "warming up" change and do it the proper way > instead of breaking everything and making things even more complicated > for no good reason. It seems you haven't discovered half of the issues > yet, which is very worrying from where I stand. Please, describe for us how adding a new function to v2 backends is going to make it easier for v1 and v2 backends to be installed at the same time. allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
