Re: librsvg

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 03:40:40PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> In general: avoid rust by any means you can. You have been through the fight
> with this simple lib recently, so you probably understand the feeling ;-)

In hindsight, I was fighting libtool, not rust.

> But the real question right now: are the libs (as of now) compatible?
> Will that likely be the case in the near / mid term future? Will other
> upstreams care and still support librsvg-c if we choose that path?

rust is used to implement the backend for the C frontend.
So yes, they are compatible (for now) but when new symbols get added,
2.40.x will perhaps not be suitable for all librsvg users. And I don't
plan on fixing 2.40.x in that case...
 Thomas