Re: [boost] boost dll versions

From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard (jbms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-14 15:23:12

Rob Stewart <stewart_at_[hidden]> writes:

> From: Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]>
>> 
>> The big question... Are Boost developers willing to make the guarantee 
>> that patch versions, i.e. 1.33.0 to 1.33.1, will be binary compatible?

> There are only a few compiled Boost libraries, so the question
> only applies to them, right?

I believe that because the non-header-only libraries depend on many of
the header-only libraries, even if the code of the non-header-only
libraries does not change at all, changes in those header-only libraries
could result in binary incompatibility.  I think, therefore, that
retaining binary compatibility between versions will be nearly
impossible.

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard