So, if I read the prior cases correctly, you are promoting libchewing form Project/Private to something else (Committed?) and we do have some incompatible changes to interfaces.
Can you perhaps outline what the incompatible changes are? Might it be a better idea to leave the stability of libchewing as it currently is (Project/Private under the old stability system) and have contract scim-chewing take out a contract? My feeling is that if you want to raise the stability, this case should probably be promoted to a fast track. Regards, Alan Hargreaves Yong Sun wrote: > Hi, Alan, Garrett, > > Thanks for reviewing. > > The initial integration of libchewing is covered in PSARC/2005/525, as > a project private interface, located in /usr/lib/iiim. And when scim > is integrated (covered in PSARC/2008/418), libchewing is required both > by scim-chewing and iiimf-twle-chewing, so it's moved to /usr/lib. > > Currently, there is no other client applications depends on > libchewing, besides scim-chewing and iiimf-twle-chewing. > > Here is the release announcement for version 0.3.2, which lists the > what's new, > http://groups.google.com/group/chewing/browse_thread/thread/0067e04c8ea29ff3, > please read the bottom half for the English version. > > And yes, I only require a minor binding. I will update the case > material to include this info. > > Regards, > > Alan Hargreaves wrote: >> I am concerned that this update breaks compatibility, yet is being >> done as a self review. Are there any other consumers of this library >> that could potentially be broken by this update? If so, how will this >> be dealt with? >> >> What binding are you looking for? As I only see nevada/opensolaris >> mentioned, I am assuming minor. >> >> Can you mention the case number which contains the prior >> interfaces/bindings? >> >> Regards, >> Alan Hargreaves >> >> >> Yong Young Sun wrote: >>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI >>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems >>> 1. Introduction >>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >>> Update libchewing from 0.3.0 to 0.3.2 >>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: >>> Author: Yong Sun >>> 1.3 Date of This Document: >>> 27 July, 2009 >>> >>> 4. Technical Description >>> >>> libchewing is a popular library for Traditional Chinese input >>> method engine >>> licensed in LGPLv2.1. And there are some input methods, like >>> iiimf-twle-chewing, scim-chewing depends on this library to >>> provide input >>> services to users. >>> >>> The version currently shipped in nevada/opensolaris is 0.3.0, >>> while the >>> community recently released a newer version, 0.3.2. In this new >>> release, >>> the API/ABI compatiblities were broken, and some new features >>> are added. >>> >>> iiimf-twle-chewing and scim-chewing had been updated to work >>> with 0.3.2, >>> we therefore need to deliver the updated version to >>> nevada/opensolaris. >>> >>> The interfaces (header files and shared library) remain the same as >>> before. >>> >>> 6. Resources and Schedule >>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information >>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: >>> Globalization >>> 6.5. ARC review type: Automatic >>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >>> >>> >> > -- Alan Hargreaves - http://blogs.sun.com/tpenta Staff Engineer (Kernel/VOSJEC/Performance) Asia Pacific/Emerging Markets Sun Microsystems
