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I think they're suggesting "change the name", which neglects the value of identifiers as _things people talk about_. It's a fine approach if module names are eq
by adw 2y ago
I think they're suggesting "change the name", which neglects the value of identifiers as _things people talk about_. It's a fine approach if module names are equivalent to ISBNs, but they're not really.
- quotemstr 2y agoWhat's the value of modeling GTK2, GTK3, and GTK4 as the "same" library with a different major version number while modeling Qt as a separate library? They're all incompatible.
- adw 2y agoa) most libraries are not UI frameworks undergoing significant perpetual rewrites (and a lot of the distaste towards those frameworks comes from the perpetual rewrites) b) even given that, they share a mindset, and being able to talk about that mindset has value (trivial example: all the GTKs are GObject C libraries, Qt is a C++ thing. You're right if and only if there is no transferable knowledge communicable by saying "GTK", regardless of version (or you're just not talking to anyone).