On 28/07/2012 18:27, Floren Munteanu wrote: > On Saturday, July 28, 2012 11:05:25 AM UTC-4, kapouer wrote: > > I agree with you, that is why using an ABI compatibility checker is > indispensable when i suggest to use major.minor.build soname version. > Otherwise one would have to do as you say. > > > Hi Jeremy, > > Can you detail a bit more how you would perform an ABI compatibility check? > I saw that you are a packager for nodejs. :)
First you can check http://www.upstream-tracker.org/versions/v8.html or use the tool that generates that data (abi-compliance-checker). I believe that tool is not perfect, but good enough in our case (checking ABI not broken with patch-level revisions of v8). Its author tried to promote its usage, but for now i don't know if any developer working for a distro is actualy using it. As an additional check, you can also run nodejs test suites against the new version of v8, using the nodejs binary compiled against the previous version of v8. If it fails, there is a problem... Jérémy. -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users
