On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:13:05 +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote: > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 09:48:10AM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > > wxGTK source-level (API-) compatibility doesn't give you ultimate ABI > > compatibility. > > But in that case the proprietary app could be rebuilt against the new > ABI, if it is API compatible, so it is much less problematic than if it > was api incompatible. I mean, rebuilding the application is certainly much > less resource consuming than packaging old libraries, in fedora or > embedded in the rpm. Sure, it *could* be rebuilt, provided that the developer is not so focused on building for Windows only. Perhaps he just needs some feedback (and support)? It *could* have been rebuilt already a few years ago. We still have compat-wxGTK26, which is source-compatible with 2.4 and even 2.2. -- Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) - Linux 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 loadavg: 1.22 1.60 1.66 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
