Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti:
> On Tue, 15 May 2007 08:52:32 -0400
> Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> preserve_old_lib is a horrible hack that shouldn't be being used at
>>> all. Don't push it as an alternative for proper slotting.
>> funny, i could say the same thing for your "proper slotting"
>>
>> SLOTing is for API changes, not ABI changes
> 
> SLOTs are for where a user may want to have multiple versions of the
> same package installed, for example where they require headers from two
> different versions or where they require shared objects from two
> different versions.
> 

And then you suggest we have support code to make the headers not
collide? I think time would be better spent improving the package
manager[s] instead of hacks like this.

Regards,
Petteri

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