From: Joe Thornber <thornber@btconnect.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Writing forward compatible applications using /proc
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:14:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010814091401.A322@btconnect.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010814150418.E6463@mail.wave.co.nz>; from markv@wave.co.nz on Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 03:04:18PM +1200
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 03:04:18PM +1200, Mark van Walraven wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 08:07:02PM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote:
> > I would much rather see people wrapping the tools than using liblvm, in fact
> > liblvm will probably disappear in the future.
>
> I think it is a bad idea to eliminte liblvm. Shared libraries are much
> easier use to use from programs. For example, it is much easier in a perl
> script to use zlib than to run gzip as a subprocess in a bulletproof way.
I'm just worried about the interface to liblvm changing and breaking
tools. Let's wait a bit to see where experimental goes, and then see
how much the library had to change.
- Joe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-14 8:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-12 3:57 [linux-lvm] Writing forward compatible applications using /proc Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-12 13:54 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-08-12 15:38 ` Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-12 18:39 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-08-12 16:39 ` Steven Lembark
2001-08-13 1:55 ` Paul Jakma
2001-08-12 17:10 ` Eric M. Hopper
2001-08-12 22:21 ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-08-12 20:46 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-12 22:35 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-12 20:21 ` toon
2001-08-12 19:07 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-12 19:13 ` Steven Lembark
2001-08-12 19:26 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-12 19:51 ` Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-12 20:16 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-13 9:08 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-13 11:27 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-13 12:48 ` Terje Kvernes
2001-08-13 23:49 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-14 13:36 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-08-14 0:31 ` Nathan Scott
2001-08-14 13:33 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-08-13 15:13 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2001-08-13 17:58 ` Jason Tackaberry
2001-08-13 19:44 ` Michael Tokarev
2001-08-13 19:49 ` Wichert Akkerman
2001-08-13 20:18 ` Goetz Bock
2001-08-13 20:47 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-13 20:31 ` Joe Thornber
2001-08-14 3:04 ` Mark van Walraven
2001-08-14 8:14 ` Joe Thornber [this message]
2001-08-14 17:50 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
2001-08-15 8:58 ` Heinz J . Mauelshagen
2001-08-13 9:10 ` Terje Kvernes
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