[svlug] glibc 2.1 alpha fun

[Dave Zarzycki]

On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Nick Moffitt wrote:

> 	Well, the problem with this is that Linux is becoming more and
> more a platform for proprietary software, and many vendors aren't
> going to be happy with the idea that they're going to have to hop
> along with Linux's every update.  This is one of the reasons we _have_
> version numbering for shared libs, and why we keep multiple versions
> around.

At the defense of glibc, it has incremented the version numbers, but
personally speaking, backwards compatibility is a pain. Look at all the
trouble it has gotten the PC(x86) world into, and yet, it is probably
their source of success. Ah, what a double edged sword backwards
compatibility is...

davez



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