Re: Concerns regarding some library functions

Subject: Re: Concerns regarding some library functions

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:59:16 -0300

To: Austin Clements

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: David Bremner

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:51:29 -0400, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Yes.  We could just deal with that (there aren't *that* many API
> consumers).  For binary compatibility, I suppose we could even use
> symbol versioning.

I noticed a similar remark in lib/Makefile.local. But I'm not sure how
this work if the interface of a given library function changed.  Can
someone point me to some more explanation? 

Of course we can always bump the soname of libnotmuch. It isn't that big
of a deal IMHO.

d

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• Ali Polatel—Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, signed, unread]
  • David Bremner—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
    • Austin Clements—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
      • Ali Polatel—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, signed, unread]
        • Austin Clements—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
          • David Bremner—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
            • Austin Clements—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
              • David Bremner—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
                • Tomi Ollila—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, unread]
                • David Bremner—libnotmuch SONAME bumped [inbox, unread]
          • Ali Polatel—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, notmuch::patch, notmuch::wip, signed, unread]
            • Ali Polatel—[PATCH] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, unread]
              • Ali Polatel—[PATCH] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, notmuch::obsolete, notmuch::patch, unread]
                • Sebastian Spaeth—Re: [PATCH] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, signed, unread]
              • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v1 0/1] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, unread]
                • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v1 1/1] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, notmuch::obsolete, notmuch::patch, unread]
                  • Austin Clements—Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, notmuch::review, unread]
                    • Ali Polatel—Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] lib: make find_message{, by_filename) report errors [inbox, signed, unread]
                      • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v2 0/2] Better error handling [inbox, unread]
                        • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v2 1/2] lib: destroy message object after message removal [inbox, notmuch::obsolete, notmuch::patch, unread]
                        • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v2 2/2] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, notmuch::obsolete, notmuch::patch, unread]
                        • Ali Polatel—Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Better error handling [inbox, signed, unread]
                        • Austin Clements—Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Better error handling [inbox, unread]
              • David Bremner—Re: [PATCH] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, unread]
                • Ali Polatel—Re: [PATCH] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, signed, unread]
                  • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v3 0/2] Better error handling [inbox, unread]
                    • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v3 1/2] lib: destroy message object after message removal [inbox, notmuch::patch, notmuch::pushed, unread]
                    • Ali Polatel—[PATCH v3 2/2] lib: make find_message{,by_filename) report errors [inbox, notmuch::patch, notmuch::pushed, unread]
                    • David Bremner—Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Better error handling [inbox, unread]
  • Sebastian Spaeth—Re: Concerns regarding some library functions [inbox, signed, unread]