[opensource-dev] Library Refresh viewer

[Monty Brandenberg]

On 7/15/2014 2:01 PM, Henri Beauchamp wrote:
> Agreed, but then we should make sure to compile the viewer against
> a version that is sufficiently "old" so that every currently used
> Linux distro got the same or a newer version installed... For
> example, in Linux Rosa 2012 case (a relatively recent distro, that
> will be kept mainted till 2017), libpcre.so.0 (PCRE v7.xx) is the
> system library. In this case, won't it be safer to use PCRE 7
> instead of v8 for the static libarry linked to the viewer pre-built
> libraries (AFAIK, it's only libcolladadom) ?...

When colladadom became a static library, the viewer actually lost
a link-time dependency on pcre.  It's still in the link, a dependency
may come back should the colladadom compilation units that reference
it be used in the future.  But right now, this is a non-problem.
If actual problems can be demonstrated on a supported platform,
a library downgrade is one of the solutions available.  Haven't
needed to do that yet.

-- 
Monty Brandenberg | Unit of Production
Skype monty.linden | Second Life Monty Linden

Linden Lab | Makers of Shared Creative Spaces
Check out what we're working on!