Re: [xml] unsinged short for line numbers

[Michael Day <mikeday yeslogic com>]

Hi Daniel,

>   This has been explained many times in the past. This is an API and ABI
> breakage, I just Can't Do That , at least not for libxml2, and there is
> no plan for libxml3.

In a way it is strange that an open source library can be just as 
constrained as a closed source library in this way.

I believe that FreeType changed its API last year, which involved fixing 
many dependent packages. The Linux kernel seems to change its API every 
few minutes, but I guess userspace is largely insulated from the churn 
by sticking to the POSIX parts of glibc.

How do other projects deal with this issue?

Michael

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