On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:03:37 +1100 Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
But it is effectively forced because any change to the ABI prevents plugins from working, so they have to be updated. And an ABI change might only be a bugfix. Requiring the whole ABI stability is a pretty onerous requirement.
If you need to break ABI with a bugfix, I assume also your suggestion will end up in a recompilation of plugins as its really appears to be a major problem.
Cheers, Frank