Bug#305480: libgtop2: try to not break API/ABI compatibility

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:04:39 GMT

Package: libgtop2
Severity: wishlist

Please, try to not break API/ABI compatibility in future libgtop2
versions. It's a pain having a new library that conflicts with the old
one and needs to recompile all the packages that use libgtop2.

Just take gtk+2 as an example. They haven't broken API/ABI compatibility
since gtk+-2.0. Sure they add new functions but don't break already
established API/ABI.

Some interesting documents about the subject:
Preserving Backward Compatibility http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/5626
Parallel Installation http://www106.pair.com/rhp/parallel.html