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[Python-Dev] libpython added to ABI tracker

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Mar 29 00:55:42 CET 2014 
On 29 March 2014 02:25, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:31:59 +0400
> Andrey Ponomarenko <aponomarenko at rosalab.ru> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The libpython library has been added to the ABI tracker:
>> http://upstream-tracker.org/versions/python.html
>>
>> The page lists library versions and changes in API/ABI.
>
> Thanks. Do note that most of these changes are on private (internal)
> APIs that normal user code should never invoke / rely on (for example
> all those APIs starting with an underscore).

That's where having the stable ABI tracked as well would really come
into its own, as any regressions in that *are* a big deal.

I also consider it a very good sign that the maintenance releases are
very stable from an ABI perspective - that's exactly what it supposed
to happen :)

Cheers,
Nick.
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