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Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:06:07 -0800
From: Robert Roessler <robert at rftp.com>
Organization: Robert's High-performance Software
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To: LablGTK List <lablgtk at math.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
Subject: GTK versions/versioning
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If I have a so/dll of LablGTK built against, say, GTK 2.6.8, what 
*binary* compatibility should I expect?

For instance, if the GTK 2.6.9 *binary* package has been installed on 
a system, is the LablGTK code expected to run without problem?  What 
if GTK 2.8.6 binaries are present?

Going the other direction (although not as interesting), what if, say, 
GTK 2.6.2 binaries are all that is present?  Or GTK 2.4.14?

Answers for this selection of differing (in both directions) 
major/minor versions should be most illustrative... :)

Note that I am not asking anyone to do any testing here - these are 
really design and architectural constraint issues that I assume the 
GTK team considers when defining/implementing allowed changes.

Robert Roessler
robertr@rftp.com
http://www.rftp.com