[LAD] Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh, as fast and wide as you can.

Will J Godfrey WillGodfrey at musically.me.uk
Sat Dec 9 13:45:05 UTC 2017


On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 13:37:30 +0000
Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

>On Sat, Dec 09, 2017 at 02:24:37PM +0100, Louigi Verona wrote:
>> This is a good point, Fons.
>> 
>> On Windows it is typical to bundle a program with stable libraries and
>> dependencies. Is this strategy thinkable on FLOSS systems?  
>
>No, and it's a stupid idea on Windows too, which is why Windows uniquely
>suffers from "DLL Hell".
>
>Just write your software so it doesn't break APIs.

I rather thought it was library API changes that were breaking the software -
something I've been a victim of.

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