From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Mahoney Subject: Re: [patch 0/5] btrfs-progs: Create libbtrfs and package it up Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:17:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4852AB9C.1050002@suse.com> References: <20080613200906.180149089@suse.com> <20080613202953.GA8819@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Chris Mason , Btrfs Development List To: Christoph Hellwig Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080613202953.GA8819@infradead.org> List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 04:09:06PM -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote: >> lib contains the objects that used to be $(COMMON_OBJS), but are now >> a full-fledged shared library with supporting includes to be installed >> in /usr/include/btrfs. Headers are also placed in lib so that patches >> indended for the kernel can also apply to the library without a lot of >> effort. > > I don't think making this a public library yet is a good idea, the API > will change frequently and it'll be a pain to keep it uptodate. Just > make it an internal static library for now. I'm not sure I get your concerns with keeping it up to date. The library remains with btrfs-progs. At this stage of development, anyone planning on using it for anything external should understand the risks. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhSq5wACgkQLPWxlyuTD7LNJQCffzmBsihbgygw3iYLxS/uXo8e JDMAn0igroLKwEbTF6vNXbzzvlEBDK2j =HyDu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----