[haiku] Re: lib sonames/versions causing apps/games to no longer work...
- From: "Travis D. Reed" <tdreed@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 20:37:30 -0500
Isn't this a job for the package manager? Is it not just a case of multiple
versions of libraries?
On May 29, 2013 8:33 PM, "Luposian" <luposian@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have found, on several occasions, games I download off of Haikuware no
> longer work on the latest nightlies. For anyone curious as to what
> nightlies (downloaded from Haiku-Files) I'm referring to, I mean the
> "supported" one... gcc2hybrid. All the rest are considered "unsupported".
>
> Given that it appears that Haiku has updated to a newer version of libjpeg
> and libpng (and others , I'm sure), is this likely going to pass over to
> the next Alpha? Everyone keeps telling me "use Alpha 4.1", but the problem
> with that is, when Alpha 5 comes out, everything will be broken, that is
> broken right now.
>
> So, my question is, how do we mitigate the "damage", that these updated
> libraries and such are creating? Does Haiku try to create a type of
> "backwards compatibility" or do you put the onus on the developers to
> recompile their apps/games, etc. for the newer libraries? If they refuse,
> there are going to be a lot of worthless games and apps (that rely on older
> versions of the libs) that simply will not work anymore. And few
> developers seem to make mention of what version of libraries their
> games/apps use or require, as though it will never change... ever.
>
> BeOS was all about leaving legacy behind and oftentimes, in that effort,
> things broke regularly between versions. This is not a problem , when
> developers are on the ball and want to stay on the leading edge of
> improvements. But if people are not alerted to the problems developing
> now, in the nightlies, while it's still a relatively new problem, when
> Alpha 5 comes out, the bomb is gonna drop and the casualties (in users,
> software, and Haiku mindshare) will likely be significant.
>
> Should not the problem be address ASAP, rather than waiting til the next
> Alpha, when everything breaks... big time... and in a very public way?
>
>
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