From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Subslots: should they be bumped like SONAME or on any ABI changes?
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 12:13:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEdQ38EkJ1Jgwn1S4GdivY2+nXdxG+JYNAiA-Gz9_6xc_zcBOQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140614164151.45afb5ca@pomiot.lan>
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some time ago we've got bug #510780 [1] asking us to bump subslot
> on LLVM even though the new version was ABI-compatible with previous
> one. It was because it introduced new APIs which applications could
> make use of. Since I believe this is a wider issue, I would like to
> know the opinion of our community about this.
>
> More specifically: do we want subslots to change only when backwards-
> incompatible ABI changes are done -- alike SONAME -- or whenever any
> ABI change is done? The problem seems a bit complex.
I think subslot should only change with SONAME. Packages depending on
a new API can use a versioned dependency to ensure the new API is
available.
I think this covers all of the cases and doesn't cause problems? Let
me know if I've misunderstood something.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-15 19:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-14 14:41 [gentoo-dev] Subslots: should they be bumped like SONAME or on any ABI changes? Michał Górny
2014-06-14 15:13 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-06-14 15:32 ` hasufell
2014-06-14 15:45 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-06-14 16:04 ` Georg Rudoy
2014-06-14 16:16 ` hasufell
2014-06-14 16:19 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-06-14 16:25 ` hasufell
2014-06-14 15:50 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-06-14 15:56 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-06-14 16:17 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-06-14 16:31 ` Ciaran McCreesh
2014-06-14 16:35 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-06-14 20:00 ` Rich Freeman
2014-06-14 23:41 ` Patrick Lauer
2014-06-14 16:05 ` Ian Stakenvicius
2014-06-14 16:10 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2014-06-14 16:23 ` [gentoo-dev] " hasufell
2014-06-14 16:50 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-06-14 16:57 ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2014-06-14 17:13 ` [gentoo-dev] " Michael Palimaka
2014-06-16 9:47 ` [gentoo-dev] " Pacho Ramos
2014-06-16 10:54 ` Rich Freeman
2014-06-15 19:13 ` Matt Turner [this message]
2014-06-16 9:44 ` Pacho Ramos
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