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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:57:11 +0200
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Revisiting 64-bit time_t
* Arnd Bergmann:
> c) Keep backwards compatibility in libraries, but convert the
> distro one package at a time.
> Advantage: If done right, users can upgrade over rolling
> releases without ABIs breaking
> Disadvantage: very hard to get right, and much more work
> than the other two.
ctypes and other FFIs do not use sonames or symbol versioning. Instead
they encourage that their users use the familiar, unversioned library
names. So the chance of doing this right seem pretty slim.
Thanks,
Florian
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