Bug#506955: libquicktime1: please package new libquicktime upstream version 1.1.0

[Fabian Greffrath]

Loïc Minier schrieb:
>  IMO they don't, but watch out for other headers and where they set the
>  visibility (probably in configure.ac or Makefile.am).  From what I
>  read, these changes will use the default visibility for symbols in the
>  headers (the ones between push and pop, so all if I read correctly),
>  implying that they use this system to hide the other symbols -- not in
>  the headers.

I have run the diff only over the headers that get installed in 
/usr/include.

BTW, I still don't understand why they install lqt_codecapi.h that 
includes qtprivate.h, which in turn does not get installed by default...

>  It will probably change the ABI, but the dropped symbols were not in
>  public headers, so were not part of the supported API/ABI and so don't
>  warrant a SONAME bump.

IFIUC for the upload to experimental you suggest to stay with the 
SONAME but bump shlibs?

>  The bottom of this post might help:
>  http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/42

Whew! I'll read that... later. ;)

Thanks,
Fabian


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