On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:31:10 +0200
Lars Müller
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:53:12PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Sunday 2012-09-30 00:14, Stefan Seyfried wrote: ... it does not do that for for proprietary programs _either_. ... a bigger API change ...
And it makes a difference if a closed source software needs a library compared to an open source software?
Try to see it from the users side. The only goal they have is to get something working. ... Anything else is going into the dogmatic direction.
Combined: * API changes that library authors put in their libraries, * number of software titles we have, * delay library users need to fix their software, * timing to our release, it is actually miracle that anything works. Adding on top of that dogmatic requirements doesn't make easier for that miracle to happen. Besides, it is not only users, but also independent software vendors that need stable API to create version for Linux. Some software will never see open source counterpart. Classic example is tax software where each year it must be updated and validated against current legal requirements and released just in time for tax preparation. The same is valid for accounting software and any other that deals with matters that are legally regulated. User can be forgivable if software doesn't render his picture properly, but not when he is exposed to legal problems and expenses. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org