Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <[email protected]> writes: > Why break them at all? The issue is that if you don't bump the so > version some programs will stop working in a distribution if nettle is > upgraded. Why not make a new symbol which is kept internal, and the > old symbol remains exported and is simply a wrapper to the new symbol > that keeps compatibility?
I guess I could keep the old (now unused) functions around for backwards compatibility. You make a pretty good argument for that. > However, it can be that there is no user of this function, or > there may be a single user of which you'll break his already shipped > program. There is no way you can tell how may programs rely on that. At least codesearch.debian.net indicates no use of nettle's _rsa_blind. Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance. _______________________________________________ nettle-bugs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/nettle-bugs
