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