[Xcb] [ANNOUNCE] xcb-util 0.3.8

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 18:24:12 -0700, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> 
> On May 24, 2011, at 17:39, Jamey Sharp wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jeremy! I don't know what happened with that release, but I wanted to
> > point out that all of these libraries *are* browsable at
> > cgit.freedesktop.org: Search for "xcb/util".
> 
> Ah, thanks.  I was searching for xcb-util and missed it.  Apologies.
> 
> > From a glance at xcb/util/src/Makefile, it looks like xcb-atom, -aux,
> > and -event really are now merged as libxcb-util.
> > 
> > If that merge is a packaging problem, we should certainly discuss
> > whether it should be reverted or done differently somehow. It seems
> > sensible to me, though.
> 
> The merge isn't providing an unsolvable problem.  I'm able to get around that part with some symlinking to ensure that binaries linked against the old version find the new version.
> 
> The issue comes from the removal of API.  Applications that use the old API will no longer build after this change.  
> 
Well yeah, that's why the SONAME changed.  Symlinks aren't the answer to
that, rebuilding users against the new version is.

Cherrs,
Julien