Re: gEDA-dev: Gschem and Cairo graphics library

[Dan McMahill <dan-at-NOSPAMmcmahill_dot_net>]

Russell Shaw wrote:

> Lastly, the closed static blob is absolutely immune from all changes in the
> rest of the system, exchanging automatic upgrades from new system libraries
> for absolute stability. Is that worth it, given that upgrades to system 
> libraries
> rarely break dependent aplications in most distributions?

I guess that depends on what you call a "system" library.  I've seen 
problems with the wrong libc causing an expensive commercial program 
which does install nearly all its own dependencies to have problems.

-Dan


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