On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 04:32:52PM +0100, Daniel Stenberg wrote: > Perhaps we should just remove it from the public API, bump the soname (due to > the removal) and make sure we don't use any alloc for it internally? > > I think that is pretty safe to do, I doubt libssh2 has _that_ many users > (especially that use the base64 decoding in libssh2).
Bumping the SONAME is painful for lots of people. If it's just to remove a symbol, I would much prefer documenting that the function is broken, not to be used and subject to future removal, but left alone in the code until the next unavoidable SONAME bump. >>> Dan -- http://www.MoveAnnouncer.com The web change of address service Let webmasters know that your web site has moved ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ libssh2-devel mailing list libssh2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libssh2-devel
