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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: new_kcm_code: kdelibs/kutils
From:       Frans Englich <frans.englich () telia ! com>
Date:       2004-10-11 20:10:51
Message-ID: 200410112010.51677.frans.englich () telia ! com
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On Monday 11 October 2004 20:02, David Faure wrote:
> On Monday 11 October 2004 22:05, Frans Englich wrote:
> > On Monday 11 October 2004 19:42, David Faure wrote:
> > > On Monday 11 October 2004 21:44, Frans Englich wrote:
> > > > On Monday 11 October 2004 19:29, Frans Englich wrote:
> > > > > CVS commit by englich:
> > > > >
> > > > > Small cleanups:
> > > > > - Forward port win32 merge
> > > > >
> > > > > - Make reportError public, needed by KCModuleProxy
> > > >
> > > > I have a question:
> > > >
> > > > The binary compat doc:
> > > > http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdeqt/kde3arch/devel-b
> > > >inar ycompatibility.html
> > > >
> > > > says this; "The only compiler affected by this, that we know of, is
> > > > MSVC++, and KDE doesn't compile on Windows anyway," about changing
> > > > scope of methods. Since we support now MSVC++, it renders that false,
> > > > right? In other words, ok to commit attached?
> > >
> > > Wrong - then you have to change the parag above,  i.e. to tell people
> > > that it's not ok to change the scope of methods.
> >
> > Ok, I find it confusing what the "this" in "The only compiler affected by
> > this, that we know of, is MSVC+" means then.
>
> "this" == "changing the scope of methods" (changing
> private/protected/public)
>
> > > But at this point, even though some stuff compiles with MSVC++, we
> > > don't care about preserving binary compatibility there, do we?
> >
> > I'm not following, why not? (because KDE doesn't official support that
> > platform?)
>
> Where's the latest stable release on windows that we have to stay
> compatible with?

Yes, but after the next minor release it will be relevant, right? Or have we 
no plans to have BC on windows/make it easy for win people? 



		Frans



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