RFC: adding a temporary, non-BC gauranteed, 'private' library .. where?

Maksim Orlovich mo85 at cornell.edu
Thu Apr 23 19:18:29 BST 2009


>> Please don't put anything in kdelibs that doesn't have a stable ABI.
>
> Why?
>
>> And libraries with public headers should remember to change their SONAME
>> on BIC changes.
>
> Ok, quite reasonable, but what is the problem if one of the libraries
> from kdelibs does this?

If this were done, updating kdelibs may result in applications that stop
working.






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