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

ROBERTOJIMENOCA ROBERTOJIMENOCA <ROBERTOJIMENOCA@terra.es>, 305480@bugs.debian.org
Mon, 02 May 2005 14:51:32 GMT


Sebastien Bacher wrote=3A
=3E Le mercredi 20 avril 2005 =E0 09=3A04 +0000=2C ROBERTOJIMENOCA a =E9c=
rit =3A
=3E =3E Package=3A libgtop2
=3E =3E Severity=3A wishlist
=3E =3E =

=3E =3E Please=2C try to not break API/ABI compatibility in future libgto=
p2
=3E =

=3E Nothing to do with the distribution=2C that=27s an upstream decision=2E=
 I=27ve
=3E already argued with the upstream maintainer about this=2C according t=
o him
=3E that=27s not possible to work with libgtop without breaking the ABI=2E=
 I=27m
=3E closing the bug here=2C feel free to argue upstream=2E

You know upstream maintainer of libgtop2 has to be kidding about not
being possible to not break the API=2E

I disagree with you=2C Debian should enforce API compatibility even if
upstream is so evil to not do so=2E

Anyway I know that the Debian maintainer can=27t undo all the breakage
done to the API by upstream but at least upstream should know to be more
careful about these issues=2E