[gpm] gpm 1.20.4 released

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> Mike Frysinger [Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 12:57:42PM -0400]:
> > On Monday 02 June 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> > > Mike Frysinger [Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 11:35:32AM -0400]:
> > > > On Monday 02 June 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> > > > > Mike Frysinger [Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:06:00AM -0400]:
> > > > > > On Thursday 29 May 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> > > > > > > Fixed a bug in soname naming. Sorry guys, that it has been
> > > > > > > there!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > not sure i follow.  you're suggesting that gpm-1.20.4 is
> > > > > > *supposed* to have a different SONAME from gpm-1.20.3 and older ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Exactly.
> > > > >
> > > > > > changing SONAME's is a huge nightmare/hassle for distributions
> > > > > > (and everyone really), and should be avoided if possible
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry for the breakage, the struct changed.
> > > >
> > > > what struct ?  i did a diff on gpm.h in 1.20.1 and 1.20.4 and i dont
> > > > see any struct differences.
> > >
> > > It's an older incompatibility from 1.19.6:
> > >
> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473496
> >
> > it's been broken for so long, i'd seriously question the value of
> > changing it now.
>
> It mostly helps the Debian guys to migrate their 1.19.x tree.

have they seriously not made that transition ?  1.20.x has been out for 6 
years now.  i know Debian is slow, but jesus ... that's glacial.

> > distros have long been using 1.20.1 (and thus the associated ABI) to
> > the point that anything built against 1.19.x is irrelevant.  the breakage
> > seen with 1.20.1->1.20.4 is going to be much much more severe.
>
> Sorry, why 1.20.1 -> 1.20.4? Didn't you mean 1.20.3 -> 1.20.4?

i meant inclusive ... there are a lot more people out there now using the 
SONAME with the new interface than there are with the old interface
-mike
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