> > > We need a version system. > > > > That's not something "we" need, but which most OS'es need > (and don't > > provide, except for hacks like symlinks or different filenames). > > Moreover, it doesn't really solve much unless you like having 20 > > different versions of the same shared library on your system (which > > would more or less defeat the purpose of saving space, although it > > could still save memory if more than one FPC program is > running at the > > same time). > > If I understand well what you mean, Vista has versioning of > that kind, you can ask to see older versions of any file and > restore the one you want. A small caveat is that for files > that don't exist currently anymore (deleted) there's no GUI > to get them (or one I haven't spotted yet) and you need to > make a dummy file with same name, then right click it and go > to Properties, then ask for the older versions (there's a > special tab for that on the dialog). Not sure if the Basic > version of Vista has this functionality available (I tried it > with Vista Ultimate)
If you meant having many libs of different version exist side-by-side, .NET runtime supports it, but Win32 itself doesn't _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel