On 06.05.08 18:22:09, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Dienstag, 6. Mai 2008, um 18:15 Uhr, schrieb Andreas Pakulat: > > On 06.05.08 17:56:11, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, 6. Mai 2008, um 17:17 Uhr, schrieb Andreas Pakulat: > > > > On 05.05.08 21:24:52, Andras Mantia wrote: > > > > > Actually would be nice to see at least a KDevPlatform release. I know > > > > > its hard, but maybe makes sense, just like kdelibs was released > > > > > before the actual KDE 4.0.0. > > > > > > > > Well, we could probably do that, but without any guarantees regarding > > > > binary compatibility. Especially not for the interfaces, shell, > > > > project, sublime, language and vcs libraries. > > > > > > I have a similar problem. I know at least one person which would like to > > > make use of the Okteta libraries (implementing a specialised > > > ByteArrayModel) in a 3rd-party project after the 4.1 release. But I know > > > for sure the API will change for 4.2 again, so I do not install any > > > headers. Right now I had to tell him "bad luck"... > > > > > > I did not find an explicit rule for this on techbase.kde.org, just > > > remember the general unwritten rule "ensure binary interface > > > compatibility in minor releases". > > > > Thats currently only a rule for kdelibs+kdepimlibs - AFAIK. Other > > modules in KDE/ need to decide on that themselves, for example kdegames > > broke BC in their libkdegames library between 4.0 and 4.1. > > Was libkdegames public for 3rd-party development, i.e. have the headers been > installed?
AFAIK some apps in extragear and playground use it, AFAIK. > > The techbase > > page explicitly says that the guidelines are not mandatory. > > Which page is that? http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Policies/Library_Code_Policy Right at the top. Andreas -- "Life, loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it." -- Marvin, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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