From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>, binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: backward/forward compatibility of binutils
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:11:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060707151113.GA24374@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607071044.22680@aldan>
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:44:22AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> On Friday 07 July 2006 09:27, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> = Of course. I didn't mention that it would be a nice thing to have. I'm
> = actually opposed to it.
>
> Why not? How hard is it to keep API compatibility (no need for ABI)?
It is an effort, and has roughly no benefit. BFD is an integral part
of the tools that use it, not a clearly separated component.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-07 15:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-07 6:50 Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 12:51 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-07-07 13:22 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-07-07 13:28 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-07-07 14:44 ` Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 15:11 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2006-07-07 15:32 ` Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 17:27 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2006-07-07 15:40 ` Dave Korn
2006-07-07 16:18 ` Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 16:30 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-07-07 16:39 ` Dave Korn
2006-07-07 18:42 ` Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 18:45 ` 'Daniel Jacobowitz'
2006-07-07 18:56 ` Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 18:58 ` 'Daniel Jacobowitz'
2006-07-07 19:02 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-07-07 19:46 ` Mikhail Teterin
2006-07-07 20:29 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-07-07 20:33 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2006-07-07 20:33 ` Christopher Faylor
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