All excellent reasons to ignore my proposal :).
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:58 PM Daniel Stenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Sep 2021, Weston Schmidt via curl-library wrote: > > > I realize I'm proposing something counter to your goal of keeping the soname > > unchanged, but - this would be a great opportunity to remove APIs like the > > maprintf() group if you're still interested. > > Yes, I realize that. But... > > 1. A lot of people (users, distros, vendors, customers) will get all worked up > if we do. I just don't think the cleanups we can do is worth the negativity > and shock waves that will follow. > > 2. libcurl's abi and unparalleled compatibility is one of things I am most > proud of in the entire curl story and the design of the library. It would be a > shame to break the streak without a strong(er) reason. > > To a lesser extent also: > > 3. Discussing breaking the ABI for "cleanups" will open up for so much > discussion and debate of all sorts of things to fix, remove, add or give a new > layer of paint. Time and efforts we can spend more wisely I think. > > -- > > / daniel.haxx.se > | Commercial curl support up to 24x7 is available! > | Private help, bug fixes, support, ports, new features > | https://curl.se/support.html -- Unsubscribe: https://lists.haxx.se/listinfo/curl-library Etiquette: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
