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From: Matan Peled <chaosite@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Python vs C++ [was: Gentoo Rules]
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:58:51
Message-Id: 7624268b0712161251o53fa0aabx920d651522b4913@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Python vs C++ [was: Gentoo Rules] by Antonio Quartulli
1 On 16/12/2007, Antonio Quartulli <quartulli@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 <snip>
3 > > And with c++ comes another one: abi changes.
4 > >
5 > > Just think about this horror: gcc/libstdc++ update and your package manager
6 > > stops working....
7 >
8 > Why don't a python upgrade break your package manager??
9
10 Also possible, but less likely. Python is usually OK wrt backwards
11 compatibility.
12
13 Surprisingly enough, the thing most likely to break your package
14 manager is a package manager update. =P
15
16 pycrypto, anyway?
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