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Applications can depend on old versions of libraries. Keeping compatibility forever isn't a goal of libraries like it is for operating systems.
by AgentME 11y ago
Applications can depend on old versions of libraries. Keeping compatibility forever isn't a goal of libraries like it is for operating systems.
- wolfgke 11y agoBut if one wants to use GNU/Linux on a desktop (in opposite to the server) the desktop libraries are a part of the operating system - thus keeping compatibility for desktop libraries is keeping compatibility for the operating system.