On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Marvin Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > The general solution is certainly for the upstream author to signal ABI > breakage via version number changes. What I don't know how to do is automatic > detection of accidental or irresponsible ABI breakage -- we *have* to rely on > author-supplied version numbers.
I'm catching up here, but I'm still feeling lost. I've been reading the recent messages that I only skimmed, and browsing through the Clownfish source, but it feels like I'm still lacking some steps. I'm having trouble matching up the discussion here <http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/lucy-dev/201204.mbox/%3CCAAS6=7gU_oUY1Mm3T-BJVg-cTYVbNQ6N7EkqDrUhzOv+bJ=9...@mail.gmail.com%3E> to the C code. I think I understand the finished layout, but is there an overview of how the bootstrapping works? It's sadly ironic, but it would be really helpful to have a better search tool for the Lucy source and mailing lists. The Apache online tools for browsing the list archives and version control are clumsy, and Google has evolved so that I can no longer depend on it. I realize it's as much my task as anyone else's, but using Lucy to improve the Apache tools might be a great way to showcase the project. --nate
