RFC: what compatibility guarantees do we give for modules != kdelibs ?

[Albert Astals Cid]

A Dilluns, 19 d'octubre de 2009, Andreas Pakulat va escriure:
> On 19.10.09 19:35:58, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > On Monday 19 October 2009, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > > On 19.10.09 19:22:32, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > there are more modules than kdelibs which install libraries and
> > > > headers (and cmake files) which can be used by other packages.
> > > > For kdelibs we guarantee binary compatiblity.
> > > > Does this apply to all public libraries and headers inside trunk/KDE/
> > > > ?
> > >
> > > No. Every module gets to pick the policy they want to follow.
> >
> > What do we have e.g. for kdebase ?
> 
> No idea, I suggest you ask the module coordinator (if there exist one).
> 
> > I think kdegames does not care about compatiblity.
> 
> Right.

Saying we don't care is ugly.
We didn't promise we will keep BC, but we don't go breaking it just for fun if 
we can do a fix that doesn't break BC.

Albert