> > Correct me if I'm wrong but bumping the library version number
> > from .so.2 to .so.3 with api changes would also enable orderly
> > migration _if_ the interface between the library and the
> > drivers does not change. I would be able to have both a .so.2
> > and a .so.3 in the system, so that old, not yet converted
> > programs would work fine and new programs using the .so.3
> > library would also work. Eventually, when all programs are
> > updated and recompiled to use .so.3, the .so.2 could be just
> > erased and would be history. Am I dreaming?
>
> Nope. I'll do that (it's already on my HDD), but I'll have to change more
> snd_pcm_hw_params_* functions to unify the access and let recognize
> the error code to applications.

Great, thanks a lot. It'd be helpful if you could you post a
small message to alsa-dev when you are done with that change
in cvs. Then I can try to get a build that has the "backwards
compatibility" old library and start migrating applications as
they become "aware" of the new library.

-- Fernando


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