[PATCH 3/3] Add type name argument to CreateNewResourceType

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Mon Dec 21 22:56:56 PST 2009


On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 04:46:54PM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> > Please be sure to bump the ABI version as part of the same series.
> > Thanks!
> 
> Of course. Note that we won't be updating the ABI version again before
> 1.8, even if we introduce additional ABI incompatibilities.

why not?

looking at Dan's patches I'd rather be bump the abi each time we break.*

Otherwise, bisecting becomes rather entertaining as you don't know if a
given ABI already has a certain change in it or not.
For example, ABI_XINPUT_VERSION 8 doesn't need code changes, with Dan's
patches merged the drivers need updating**. So I'd rather the drivers have a
check for the real number that introduced a change in there. If 1.7 was any
indication, making it harder to bisect is a bad idea.

Cheers,
  Peter

* 08:25 < keithp> halfline: it's hard to run out of integers
** well, one does, but the point stands nonetheless.


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