C++ compatibility package dropped

[Nicholas Miell]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 19:26 -0400, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 6/24/05, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Is it really that hard to check that group in if you want to use
> > legacy software?  Not everybody uses legacy software, so forcing
> > it for everyone in the base group is a bad idea IMHO.
> 
> I think... the long term solution to address this issue, is to first
> find a way to inform users that a library is missing. Launching an app
> with a missing library from the gnome panel or menu doesn't give you
> feedback about the missking library.  And beyond that hook the
> notification into a query of the configured repository metadata to
> make a suggestion as to what to install to get the missing library.
> 
> -jef
> 

While I agree with Jef that there needs to be some GUI feedback when
dynamic linking fails, another useful long term solution would be to
beat the C++ people with a cluebat until they stop breaking the ABI
every release.

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Nicholas Miell <nmiell at comcast.net>