[cairo] Cairo should version its symbols

[Ian Britten]

On 07/11/10 12:55 AM, Nicholas Miell wrote:
> It would be good if cairo's ABI was checked as a part of the build
> process. The list of exported symbols and their versions could be
> checked against an ABI checklist. This would prevent the inadvertent
> addition of unversioned symbols or the accidental exposure of private
> internal functions or even the removal of existing parts of the cairo ABI.

Presumably you've seen
   http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/versions/cairo.html
and are familiar with what they're doing?

[ I'm not - I just remember seeing the site, and it seems like
it might be related to what you're discussing... ]

Ian