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Tell this to Intel!

Posted Aug 14, 2009 7:26 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Tell this to Intel! by khim
Parent article: A default desktop for openSUSE?

So, you suggest... what? Versioning *every symbol* in *every shared
library* that uses a double anywhere in its interfaces? That's going to
fly. (I wish symbol versioning were used more widely, but let's face it,
upstreams mostly don't care and just stick to older techniques.)

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Not exactly

Posted Aug 14, 2009 9:29 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

So, you suggest... what? Versioning *every symbol* in *every shared library* that uses a double anywhere in its interfaces?

You only need this for libraries used by closed-source programs. Everything else can be just recompiled (with usual bump of library version).

It's not a rocket science...

Not exactly

Posted Aug 15, 2009 10:24 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

It's not rocket science, but still the upstreams of most major shared
libraries would simply laugh at you for suggesting it (except Ulrich,
who'd snap at you instead).