On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:54:11 +0200 (CEST) Matthew Brincke <ma...@mailbox.org> wrote:
> Hello Mattia, > > > Mattia Rizzolo has written on 23. Oktober 2017 at 11:10: > > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 05:20:31PM +0200, Matthew Brincke wrote: > > > Debian bug 854600 [2], I wonder why no one answered to the last > > > post ...) > > > > My fault. > > TBH, I totally forgot of that. I suppose I could have come up with > > simple patch to retain ABI compatibility on my own, but I forgot > > and I haven't than that. > > that's likely a typo, what do you mean, please? I see from your Debian > Maintainer Dashboard > https://udd.debian.org/dmd/?mattia%40debian.org#todo that there are > many to-do list entries, yet could you please accept my patch also? > Could it be that the original one in the Debian bug report wasn't > accepted for Jessie and later because of the ABI break? With that > cured by my patch, wouldn't it be acceptable together? If not, please > tell why not. > > > > I wonder why changing a private method is relevant to ABI at all, > > > and (at least when you're still unconvinced ;-) to accept) would > > > welcome your elucidation (if you have come across any, to date), > > > please ... > > > > There is a more widespread problem in podofo where all symbols are > > exported and therefore are formally part of the public ABI (even if > > not intended to). Even if I suppose no program within Debian uses > > those symbols (I could check, I haven't), I would not happily break > > the ABI nonetheless. > > > Thanks for the explanation, there's one aspect I'm still curious > about: I wonder why any C++ compiler, much less g++, would export any > private symbols, as they aren't supposed to be accessible from > anywhere (beyond their class and compilation unit) except for friend > classes (can those reside in a different library/executable?), so > maybe they should be marked PODOFO_LOCAL? > > > https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/mailman/message/35819398/ > > (then, the lack of an actual bug tracker makes those request/reports > > very hard to track, and I wouldn't be surprised if many missed it, > > or even if they did completely forgot about it, as many other > > reports) > I concur, I'd also like a tracker for bug reports/feature requests, > the sf.net one was probably closed because of spam, IIRC. Could maybe > the bug reports be copied there by someone with the permissions for > that? > HI all, I had set up Mantis on SF before. As Dominic is the only admin, he the only one with permissions to make changes. Cheers, Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list Podofo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
