[haiku-development] Re: alpha release window ?
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:20:56 +0200 CEST
Brecht Machiels <brecht@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> David McPaul wrote:
> > Then they are no longer libraries IMHO.
> >
> > Apps that can only work with a specific version of a library should
> > include that version in their local lib directory.
Ported software usually is not located in their own directories, but in
/boot/common/bin or ~/config/bin.
> At the release of the application, it is not possible to predict
> whether
> future versions of a library will be compatible or not.
Which is why it's the porters responsibility to check for that, and
assign a new library name whenever needed.
Bye,
Axel.
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