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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] stabilizing expat 2.0.0
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 14:07:33
Message-Id: 4649BD5D.5030806@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] stabilizing expat 2.0.0 by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti:
2 > On Tue, 15 May 2007 08:52:32 -0400
3 > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
4 >>> preserve_old_lib is a horrible hack that shouldn't be being used at
5 >>> all. Don't push it as an alternative for proper slotting.
6 >> funny, i could say the same thing for your "proper slotting"
7 >>
8 >> SLOTing is for API changes, not ABI changes
9 >
10 > SLOTs are for where a user may want to have multiple versions of the
11 > same package installed, for example where they require headers from two
12 > different versions or where they require shared objects from two
13 > different versions.
14 >
15
16 And then you suggest we have support code to make the headers not
17 collide? I think time would be better spent improving the package
18 manager[s] instead of hacks like this.
19
20 Regards,
21 Petteri

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