Re: gnustep release numbers

[Hubert Chan]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 21:28:49 +0200, Helge Hess <address@hidden> said:

> On Oct 4, 2006, at 18:42, Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
>>> Note: by 'unstable' I don't mean that the code itself is buggy but
>>> that the ABI is unstable.
>> Fair enough ... that's your definition ... but it's rather an unusual
>> one.

> Really? I think thats the term usually used by OpenSource
> projects. But anyway ;-)

> Stability is an inherent requirement for Linux distributions because
> they can't change the ABI constantly. Which makes it a cycle of ~2
> years for all (serious) distributions. But at least 12 months.

Yes, I agree.  Having the ABI change frequently is a challenge for the
Debian packaging team, since it means that every time a new GNUstep
release is made, we have to recompile all our packages.

Is there any reason we need to change the ABI all the time?

(AFAIK, glib/gtk+ hasn't changed their ABI since glib/gtk+ 2.0 was
released, so any old program that was compiled back then will still run
on a newer system.)

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