On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 02:19 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Andrew Sobala"> > > > When GNOME 3.0 comes out, we can deprecate/delete API as we feel fit. > > Clarification: We can deprecate API *now*, but we can't break ABI. That will > mean some applications would have to be built with -DYESIAMTEHSUX0RUSEOLDAPI > mess, but that's not a huge problem.
(highly irrelevant) Clarification of the clarification: That would break API (it stops old code from compiling). It's OK to add a define to help developers to avoid using deprecated API, but it's not nice to demand those defines when compiling old code that predates the deprecation. [snip] -- Murray Cumming [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
