On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 09:49:39PM -0400, Anders Kaseorg wrote:
> Is there actually a use case for installing multiple versions of Xen on
> the same system?
Yes, its the same then with the Linux kernel or every ordinary library:
ABI stability, aka interopatibility of the components. Redhat and SuSE
usually don't consider this at all on this level.
> Perhaps it is time to reconsider them and use a layout
> closer to upstream’s?
Please outline the advantages and disadvantages of both variants. Also
please note that a package without ABI-name needs to handle
incompatibilites another way to minimize the outfall.
Bastian
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