On 03/11/2010 11:36 PM, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> said: >> Matthew Garrett wrote: >>> If a user has built an application against a library, it's not >>> especially reasonable to then break that application by bumping a soname >>> in a stable release. >> >> If the application is in Fedora as all applications eventually ought to be, >> we will take care of rebuilding it. Otherwise, whoever built it (some third- >> party repository or the user him/herself) is responsible for rebuilding it. >> This has always worked fine, I don't see the problem. > > What about somebody developing on their own computer? Having to rebuild > because you (or possibly somebody else, if a system has a dedicated > admin) loaded an update is highly irritating. It's a disaster if you're relying on a third-party compiled program for your Internet connectivity. Imagine it: one morning you update, then the connection breaks, then you can't get to the Internet to find out how to get things working again. Andrew. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
