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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Binary compatibility broken? between 3.3.1 and 3.3.2
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-12-02 9:02:12
Message-ID: 200412021002.12893.coolo () kde ! org
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Am Wednesday 01 December 2004 21:11 schrieb Leo Savernik:
> Am Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 2004 20:32 schrieb Willy De la Court:
> > > > the version 1.114.2.2 which is tagged KDE_3_3_1_RELEASE has no setIcon
> > > > and version 1.114.2.3 tagged KDE_3_3_2_RELEASE has the setIcon function
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > hmm strange if i recall correctly this breaks binary compatibility
> 
> Why should it? It would be bic if it were the other way round.
> 
> Yet we can argue whether it is allowed to introduce new public symbols in 
> patchlevel releases.
> 
We could, yes. But it would end up with: packages are supposed to require
the patchlevel version they built against as minimum.

Greetings, Stephan

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