From kde-core-devel  Tue Jun 01 09:21:20 2010
From: Sune Vuorela <nospam () vuorela ! dk>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:21:20 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Review Request: Workaround for non-thread-safety of
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On 2010-06-01, Sebastian Trüg <trueg@kde.org> wrote:
> it is bad api. That is why I am proposing to maintain it as a patch for
> distributions only. Never to put it upstream.

You won't get distributions to add api to libraries that has no chance
of getting upstream. Then the distribution needs to carry it for
eternity, or at least to the next SONAME change in that library.

/Sune