On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:32:03AM -0000, Dave Page wrote:
>
> > As for Windows DLL hell, I don't know a lot about that, but if that's
> > such a problem, why didn't the original creators of the windows port
> > stick the version number in there from the start. On UNIX, libpq is
> > half versioned (the library is, but not the symbols) so I would have
> > thought copying that idea would have been obvious.
>
> Because we simply didn't think of it at the time, and it's something
> that has irked me ever since.
In that case, I agree. I've always thought a lot of problem in windows
could be solved if they systematically added a version number to every
library (like in UNIX).
Are there any reasons why we shouldn't change the libname with every
release like for UNIX? I can't think of any, but you never know...
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.