On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Michael Haardt wrote:
> Almost any open source project screwed it up at least once, and some
> for every other release. Some even break the API from release to
> release so that even recompiling does not help.
Such as BDB, who have just broken things again by changing the API at
the 4.3 release. This is not the first time. Sigh.
> I do have one wish, though: Please include a file called DEPENDENCIES or
> something like that, with a description of all libraries: their name,
> required or optional, a version known to work, a suggestion for static
> or shared linkage, one or two sentences what they do and the URL of
> their home page. It may set new standards for open source projects,
> in particular if that information is kept up to date. :-/
I am afraid that is not a wish that I will ever have time to fulfil.
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