libXaw.so.7 [LSARC/2008/609 Self Review]

[Alan Coopersmith]

James Carlson wrote:
> Alan Coopersmith writes:
>> I am sponsoring this case for Roland Mainz.    As it simply ships on
>> Solaris the same libXaw.so.7 that is found on all other systems shipping
>> X11R6.7 & later releases from X.Org, I have marked it closed approved
>> automatic.
>>
>> If anyone feels this case needs more review and would like it converted to
>> a fasttrack, please let me know.
> 
> Not that there's anything anyone can do about it now, and I don't
> think it needs to be a fast-track, but having a new library version
> risks the usual address space polution problems from dependent
> libraries, plug-ins, and the like.  :-<

Right, but we are fortunate that few complex applications with plugin
mechanisms and the like actually use libXaw.    Upstream doesn't even
recommend using it these days, but suggests use of a modern toolkit
like GTK+ or Qt instead, maintaining libXaw for existing legacy
applications written to it in the early-mid 90's when it was the only
open source X11 toolkit.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering