Re: [Cppcms-users] ABI compatibility

[Artyom B. <art...@ya...>]

>
>Hi,
>
>
> As I understand it, we can always distribute the application and the
> library (cppcms) together.

Yes of course, as long as you follow LGPLv3 requirements.

> So is it really important to maintain
> ABI compatibility?
>

Yes:

1. You can update dynamic library without recompiling the application, including
   important bug fixes.

   Makes the deploy and maintenance much easier

2. Many applications can share same library

3. You don't have ABI clashes between libraries or components compiled
   against different versions.


Think what would happen to Qt if they were breaking their ABI every release?

Artyom Beilis
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