On Saturday May 26 2007, Andrew Haley wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Hm. All this is a bit extreme. Even the Linux kernel changes its
> > API all the time and things are working okay.
>
> This really is grossly unfair to the kernel deveopers, who go to
> great lengths to avoid breaking t
Marcus Better writes:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
> > In my opinion, Java libraries without stable interfaces shouldn't be
> > deployed in free OSes.
>
> That's a nice goal but unfortunately the world is not so perfect,
> because users occasionally require new software with shiny new
> bells and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Quoting Andrew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > In my opinion, Java libraries without stable interfaces shouldn't be
> > deployed in free OSes. If they are to be used, you're going to have
> > to change the jar name, but even that may not work: if you use such a
> >
* Marcus Better:
> I think the Java policy needs to be tweaked to allow for multiple versions
> of the same library. The problem is much easier than for C libraries, since
> we don't have a dynamic linker, so the user is responsible for adding the
> correct library to the classpath.
Not quite tru
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I could not agree more. I assume you mean the packager needs to
> reference the right version of a library.
That too, but also the _user_ who runs third-party code using the library,
and needs to set the classpath.
> I actually have a question about that. What do we nee
Quoting Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Andrew Haley wrote:
In my opinion, Java libraries without stable interfaces shouldn't be
deployed in free OSes.
That's a nice goal but unfortunately the world is not so perfect, because
users occasionally require new software with shiny new bells and
Andrew Haley wrote:
> In my opinion, Java libraries without stable interfaces shouldn't be
> deployed in free OSes.
That's a nice goal but unfortunately the world is not so perfect, because
users occasionally require new software with shiny new bells and whistles.
Besides we cannot control upstrea
Quoting Andrew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Mike Hommey writes:
> I have a java library package, called libmozillainterfaces-java,
> that is provided by xulrunner. I'm currently working on a new
> upstream release of xulrunner which changed the java interfaces:
> some interfaces changed names
Mike Hommey writes:
> I have a java library package, called libmozillainterfaces-java,
> that is provided by xulrunner. I'm currently working on a new
> upstream release of xulrunner which changed the java interfaces:
> some interfaces changed namespaces, so you have to do changes to
> your s
Hi,
I have a java library package, called libmozillainterfaces-java, that is
provided by xulrunner. I'm currently working on a new upstream release
of xulrunner which changed the java interfaces: some interfaces changed
namespaces, so you have to do changes to your source code, and xpcom
initializ
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