El Dilluns, 22 de juliol de 2013, a les 13:03:23, Sebastian Kügler va escriure: > On Sunday, July 21, 2013 17:20:13 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > On Sunday, July 21, 2013 15:50:52 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > > We have a release blocker here. If nobody steps up to look into this, > > > I'll > > > use git log / git blame and a long pointy stick. > > > > What we have is a change in policy. To recap: > > > > * the libraries in kde-workspace have no ABI or API commitments. none. > > * the libraries in kde-workspace have changed ABI and API multiple times > > in > > the past, and this has not always (ever?) been accompanied by changes of > > the .so version > > * modules outside of kde-workspace should NOT be using these libraries, > > but > > though several do, in particular libkworkspace [1] > > > > there are a number of things that could be done to improve this situation: > > > > * not installing headers; unfortunately there are users of these libraries > > and they will likely complain if we stop installing headers. still, this > > may be wise to do > > * bumping .so versions on every single API/ABI incompatible release (which > > has been numerous in the 4.x series); given the lack of ABI/API > > committment, this seems a little academic in nature > > > > personally i’d vote for not installing headers and let builds break. > > > > i’m fine with bumping the .so number of the library as well, though i > > don’t > > consider that a compelling solution to the real problem of using libraries > > outside of kde-workspace that are specifically not intended to be used > > outside of kde-workspace. > > > > [1] there is one weak exception to this: kdeplasma-addons which is for all > > intents and purposes a kde-workspaces sub-module > > I suppose we had installed the header already in previous releases? In that > case, it's probably wiser (given that we're at RC stage) to just bump the > .so version and revisit this situation for Plasma2?
Agreed, let's either: a) Fix it by bumping the soname b) Ignore it Don't break other people's code at RC2 stage. Cheers, Albert _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
