Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Plugin binary compatib. over ethereal versions -possible? (vs

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From: "Andreas Sikkema" <andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:22:24 +0100
ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> IMO, the plugin API has no real need to stabilize/ for binary
> compatibility: In my personal opinion all effeort spent on
> supporting binary only plugins is wasted effort - of course
> everyone is free to do with their time as they like :)

Yes, well, I'll talk to you again when you're a toolmaintainer 
for a slightly large development organisation. Rebuilding a 
large number of plugins every six weeks is not fun after a 
while.

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