On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Kevin Kofler<kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Christopher Aillon wrote: >> Sure, you can blame Gecko for having it's unstable ABI be, well, >> unstable. But blame also goes to the apps for not using the stable ABI. > > Why does Mozilla expect apps to use an ABI: > * which didn't exist when the apps were written and > * which they aren't even using for their own apps? > > Everyone complains about M$ using internal W32 APIs in IE, who does that? > why does Mozilla > do the same with internal xulrunner APIs? If you think everyone should use > the stable ABI, why is Firefox not using it? I don't see whats wrong with providing a an ABI that you can/want to support (i.e no ABI breaks for minor updates) and one for your internal use (i.e you know when it breaks and therefore fix your own app). -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
