Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] [RFC] Pthreads-w32 library naming

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Tuesday 16 February 2010 22:17:55 Charles Wilson wrote:
> I happen to think that yes, if we are going to distribute a binary
> DLL that we build, as opposed to simply repackaging the existing
> binary from their site, then yes, we ought to give it a name that
> won't conflict with the "upstream" version.

I agree.

> The implications are that if anyone builds an OpenMP application
> using the new mingw gcc, they'll have to distribute *our* pthread
> DLL, not the official one.

Is that such a bad thing?  Some users might complain, if they find 
they need both our version, and the "official" one, but it does let 
us control our usage, should the upstream project choose to break 
ABI compatibility at some stage in their development cycle.

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Regards,
Keith.