Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> writes: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 08:52:35AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: >> OK - too bad upstream is like this. > > To be fair, keeping the ABI stable for 11.4 years or so is pretty good for > upstream standard :) No, I didn't mean an ABI break itself. I meant the lack of clear explanation of an ABI break in the missing NEWS file, together with "7 is really just a very minor update" comment. Changing the ABI and shlib major is a huge big deal rather than a minor update, although as you say not unwarranted.
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