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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: BIC in libkopete in 4.6.90
From:       Olivier Goffart <ogoffart () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-07-11 19:40:40
Message-ID: 201107112140.40608.ogoffart () kde ! org
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Le Wednesday 06 July 2011, Michal Zajac a écrit :
> Greetings,
> When packaging kdenetwork 4.6.90 for Kubuntu I noticed a missing symbol:
> _ZNK6Kopete12OnlineStatus12protocolIconEv =
> Kopete::OnlineStatus::protocolIcon() const
> 
> Following thiago's suggestions I compared the fuctions [1] and [2]
> nm'ing the library and .o file (from 4.6.3 and 4.6.90) shows that the
> symbol is missing and thiago told me it's BC breakage and I should contact
> you The revision which introduced that is rev 1225419[3]
> 
> Could you reintroduce the function and mark it as deprecated so the symbols
> come back?
> 
> [1]http://paste.kde.org/92197/
> [2]http://paste.kde.org/92233/
> [3]http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1225419
> 
> Best regards,
> Michał Zając

Hi,

There is no reasons to maintain binary compatibility in libkopete.
We do not make such a promise.

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