On 13.04.2017 15:26, Bill Fischofer wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Maxim Uvarov <[email protected]> wrote: >> I vote for default build will not build with deprecating support. Yes all >> general propose distributives will need to enable --enable-deprecated-api >> to support some old software. But developers who work with git should not >> work with deprecated api. > > The opposite is more likely. Distros can distribute different levels > of ODP and if you want the older version you just keep using the older > version. So --enable-deprecated-api is really for embedded users who > want (some) newer features but haven't (yet) converted older code.
Fine, if you say so. It would be nice to hear a word from distro maintainers though. IIRC SuSe has ODP packaged. Canonical were working on that, weren't they? -- With best wishes Dmitry
