Kevin Kofler wrote:
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell <at> gmail.com> writes:
Change your terminology to 'pre-compiled' and 're-compiled' because it
really doesn't relate to code being proprietary or not, only when it was
compiled. And then you also see why the -devel doesn't matter.
That assumes the Free programs you're rebuilding actually rebuild against the
new version of the library. The #1 reason compat libraries are needed is that
this is not the case (due to API changes).
Free vs. non-free has nothing to do with the issue. It has to do with
how long you want existing binaries to continue to work, and how long
you want to enable/encourage people to continue to compile in a way that
does not use the current API. There is never a reason to break existing
binaries unless you hate your users or there is no other way to move
forward. But you may want to make it obvious that things should not
continue to be compiled against the deprecated API.
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