Re: [Libjpeg-devel-6x] Support for renaming public API in support of dual 8bit/12bit configurations

[Frank W. <war...@po...>]

Tom Lane wrote:
> Frank Warmerdam <war...@po...> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Yeah, ISTM that fooling with the API/ABI at all is not in the charter
>>> for libjpeg 6x at this point.  It would be better to try to address
>>> this need in v7, if Guido doesn't feel that that's set in stone yet.
> 
>> I would note that the proposed changes do not change the API or ABI
>> in a normal build - only when things are built in a special way.  I
>> do not feel that it counts as an API/ABI change in the usual
>> compatability sense.
> 
> Well, my thought is that you are never going to get anyone to build
> libjpeg 6x that way because they aren't going to want to break all their
> other applications.  With v7 you have a chance to get the capability
> into the "standard" build, where it might do you some good.

Tom,

It will get built that way in a couple cases I care about!  But I agree
that it could be appealing to make this naming the default in 7x so it
appears that way in various distributions.  I have no arguments against
that.

Best regards,
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