>>>>> "TA" == Thomas Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

TA> Great they do understand -- because I'm not sure I do (based on your
TA> description above). What's their "special case" and what exactly do they
TA> expect us to do?

There special case was also described: they're not going to use any new
interfaces at all and want the library version to not change just
because some obtuse part of the library has a structure with a new size
that they're not using.

I actually suspect more people fall into that boat than people that will
make use of the new structure directly in their application.  I just
think most people don't mind recompiling as much as third party
commercial products running on an OS which just distributed a new
version of net-snmp.  Fundamentally, our messing with a library version
number requires third party tool providers of a operating system to
redistribute new software to all their existing customers.

(granted, our bending a free project's version to the will of companies
making money and not releasing their source would be even odder ;-)
-- 
Wes Hardaker
Sparta, Inc.

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