gstein 02/05/10 13:00:36
Modified: . versioning.html
Log:
* Fix link from TOC into the doc (reported by [EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Add information about deprecating functions (requested by
[EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Removed my personal name/email from the footer and use CVS to
generate the last-modification date.
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +15 -8 apr-site/versioning.html
Index: versioning.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/apr-site/versioning.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- versioning.html 10 May 2002 18:03:05 -0000 1.2
+++ versioning.html 10 May 2002 20:00:36 -0000 1.3
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<li><a href="#source">Source Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#binary">Binary Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
- <li><a href="#stategy">Strategy</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#strategy">Strategy</a></li>
<li><a href="#notes">Other Notes</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
<dt>New constants</dt>
<dd>
- Similar to functions, all of the original/old constants will
+ Similar to functions, all of the original (old) constants will
be available to an application. An application can then choose
to use new constants to pick up new semantics and features.
<p></p>
@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@
for older, compiled applications is maintained.
</p>
</dd>
+
+ <dt>Deprecating functions</dt>
+ <dd>
+ Since a function must remain available for applications coded
+ against a previous minor release, it is only possible to
+ "<em>deprecate</em>" a function. It <strong>cannot</strong> be
+ removed from the headers (so that source compatibility is
+ retained) and it cannot be removed from the library (so that
+ binary compatibility is retained).
+ </dd>
+
</dl>
<h3>Major Versions</h3>
@@ -253,7 +264,7 @@
</p>
<ul>
<li>remove or change constants</li>
- <li>remove functions</li>
+ <li>remove (deprecated) functions</li>
<li>fold together macro-ized function replacements</li>
</ul>
@@ -275,10 +286,6 @@
</p>
<hr />
- <address><a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Greg Stein</a></address>
-<!-- Created: Thu May 2 16:58:05 PDT 2002 -->
-<!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: Fri May 10 04:09:36 PDT 2002
-<!-- hhmts end -->
+Last modified: $Date: 2002/05/10 20:00:36 $
</body>
</html>
