Re: [Evolution-hackers] Front-end header files for E-D-S libraries

[Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com>]

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 14:55 +0100, Patrick Ohly wrote: 
> Okay, I see your point. But if the split into individual files is merely
> to group code and not done to speed up compilation, wouldn't the
> following also work:
>      1. move current files into an internal sub-directory
>      2. introduce the new "include all" header
>      3. make all the traditional names symlinks to that one header
> 
> That introduces the desired advantage (rearrange header content) without
> breaking the API.

We'll be breaking APIs anyway in 3.1.  I've already written about this
extensively in the "Rewriting account management" thread on this list.
So it makes sense to get the header issue resolved at the same time.