Fwd: Compat Libraries (was Re: libcurl.so.2) [mpeters at mac.com]

[Mike Hearn]

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:24:09 -0500, Sean wrote:
> After recompiling, any ABI changes will be accounted for as well as
> security and performance improvements.   There's seems to be little reason
> to need old libraries on an open source platform.

That's only true of ABI changes. API and semantic changes the compiler
cannot magically fix. Old libraries are still necessary.