On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Larry Gritz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, that's an interesting report. > Yeah, I've found it to be very helpful on a number of packages, especially ones that do not manage API/ABI compatibility, like collada. I can use this tool to let me know if I need to request rebuilds of dependents. > I think that these are all harmless, though. Most are cases of new API > calls being added. In one case, a parameter was renamed (truly of no > consequence), and in two cases a default argument was turned into no longer > a default. > > In all cases, old apps that switch to link against the new library should > be fine without recompilation. It's possible, in the case of the changing > default argument, that if you recompile the app source and you happened to > rely on that default argument, you'll need to patch it to pass the > argument. This change was not intentional. But I'm pretty sure it > happened several releases ago, not in the latest couple updates, so I'm > tempted to not worry about it unless you think it's important to change it > again to restore the default. > > I'll be more careful in the future about not changing default parameter > values in release branches, I didn't really mean to do that. > No problem. I still think the only direct dependency in Fedora is Blender but I'll check just to be sure. Thanks, Richard
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