Re: [libxml++] Re: [xml] libxml version numbers

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 14:19 -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:07:21PM +0000, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 13:57 -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> > >   Every version is deemed stable :-)
> > 
> > API-stable, I mean. I'm sure that not every version is API stable.
> 
>   Backward compatible, both at the API and ABI level.

Interesting. So you get your API additions right first time? What
happens if you want to change something based on feedback from
developers?

> > > I will stick to 2.6.X until something big is changed or added.
> > 
> > And 2.6.n+1 will have "small" API additions compare to 2.6.n?
> 
>   Additions are backward compatible. The think I will not garantee
> is forward compat.

Hmm, I'm not sure that I understand. Do you have an example of something
that you would not guarantee?

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