On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 05:14:42PM -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote: > Well, if I were running the show, the 'clock' would only start running > when it was consensus among the libstdc++ developers that the soname > would not be bumped again - that henceforth libstdc++ was committed to > binary compatibility as good as glibc's. Or better, if y'all can manage > it. It doesn't sound like we're there yet, to me.
If that's why you were confused by my response, I was not suggesting freezing the ABI. I think it's an awful idea. You specifically objected to shipping two versions using the same SONAME in case we installed the new one and it turned out to be incompatible - which we've done. I still haven't seen a valid objection to bumping the SONAME whenever necessary. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC
