Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:48:17 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lib names Message-ID: <3C8D0A01.934992C2@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020311141725.G77201-100000@creme-brulee.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Clarke wrote: > > Maxim, I see you're keeping the -API_VERSION extension on, for instance, > the pango libs. I was busy writing patches to keep things the old way > (i.e. libpango.so.0). Just wanted to make sure we're going with this new > lib naming scheme for future reference. Thanks! After thinking it out I came to a conclusion that overriding vendor's defaults in this particular case isn't a good idea because of the following: 1. If we would remove -API_VERSION extension from pango/atk we also need to patch gtk20 and probably other ports. 2. Those numbers in library names would protect us from the pain in the future when some incompatable version of atk/pango will be released (e.g. atk2/pango2). Just recall all the pain we had with gtk10/gtk12 ports, which need to be heavily patched to co-exist on the same machine. Those numbers aren't going to change every release (like they were in the old pango), so that there are mostly no pkg-plist maintenance costs. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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