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Linux libraries

Posted Jan 27, 2011 4:15 UTC (Thu) by jjs (guest, #10315)
Parent article: Untz: Results of the App Installer meeting, and some thoughts on cross-distro collaboration

@rahulsundaram -
Also, Debian can have multiple versions of a package installed (xulrunner1.8, xulrunner1.9) to allow different packaages to use different versions of a library (unlike Windows, Linux libraries have different versions / sonames).

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Linux libraries

Posted Jan 27, 2011 12:51 UTC (Thu) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]

@rahulsundaram

May I recommend the "Reply to this comment" button? That way, rahulsundaram can follow your responses conveniently using the user tools and you don't end up shattering threads into many pieces.

Comment buttons

Posted Jan 27, 2011 14:49 UTC (Thu) by jjs (guest, #10315) [Link]

Because for some reason I don't get the "reply to" button? (just figured out I can hit the link button on a comment and get the ability to post a comment to the comment - not certain why I get a "Post a Comment" button under the article, but not a "Reply To" button under all the comments - possible bug in the system, or possible bug in my browser?)

Comment buttons

Posted Jan 27, 2011 16:44 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

It's a long-standing intermittent LWN bug. I see it every few months. Just hit reload and the reply button appears.