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"J. Lewis Muir via Tech-talk" <[email protected]> · Thu, 9 Jan 2020 14:46:45 -0600

On 01/09, Michael Davidsaver wrote:
> The question has never been if it were possible, but rather who would do
> this work for Base?

Please remember that any ABI compatibility would start at some future
point in time of everyone's choosing.  No one has to go through
the commit history and retroactively determine what has broken ABI
compatibility.

And the idea is that the work would be shared and be done as development
happens.  Developers would agree to not break ABI compatibility for
changes intended for a certain branch of development.  They can do this
by being aware of the rules for changes that will prevent breaking ABI
compatibility, and tools can catch any mistakes.

> Thus my challenge (which you have chosen not to quote)
> 
> > Please identify all ABI changes made between 3.14.12.7 and 3.14.12.8
> > and note those which are "incompatible".

I'm not interested in the challenge.  You're free to voice your opinion
that it's a bad idea, although I would wish for you to be more specific
about why you think it's a bad idea, and you're free to vote against it
if it ever comes to a vote.

Lewis

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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