[V4RB] Macho VComponents folder is 22mb???

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 8/25/06 2:02 PM, "Shaun Wexler" <dev at macfoh.com> wrote:

>> So Interfaces must be the same in A and B. Hmm.
>> 
>> What todo if we need add new methods or change existing ?
> 
> No!  Compatibility versions can have COMPLETELY different APIs.  The
> design goal for ANY software should be to NOT change existing API,
> only add new API, and/or change the existing API behavior in a
> backwards-compatible manner.  If anything is changed that breaks this
> binary compatibility, then a new framework version is required, and
> any apps will only use the framework versions against which they were
> compiled.  Both can coexist peacefully.

Yes, I recall that in framework exists

    version
and
    minor compatible version.

> Apple's problem with its Mac
> OS X versions (10.3, 10.4, 10.5) is that they don't include previous
> versions in their frameworks, and of course this causes EVERYONE to
> have to upgrade their apps as well...

I think they do this because in real life it is hard to follow this theory.
Even Apple give up :-)

> but that's good business for developers, right?  ;)

Disputable. 

I think OS X version support usually go as free upgrades for most software.


-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

[I feel the need: the need for speed]