Re: libgailutil.so.16 -> libgailutil.so.17

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hi Havoc,

On 26 Jul 2002, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> As an aside, I've noticed that lots of modules' configure.in have a
> habit of forcing the latest version of a library that was available
> when the tarball was rolled; this is really not a practice we should
> continue. You should only require a new library version if you
> actually know you need it for some reason, not just on "latest is
> greatest" principle. gnome-panel seems to do this for example. Good
> practice prior to the stable release, dubious practice afterward.

	Good point. Its a habit I had gotten into. No more :-)

Good Luck,
Mark.