[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 64360] pa_format_info_free2 has disappeared

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64360

--- Comment #4 from Tanu Kaskinen <tanuk at iki.fi> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Even if pa_format_info_free2() was never part of public API as exposed in
> > headers?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> That's the rules of libtool.

I don't think so. pa_format_info_free2() was never part of the ABI, except in a
very technical sense that isn't relevant here, in my opinion.

> And Debian/Ubuntu nowadays automatically checks
> this and complains loudly (i e build failure) if a symbol is removed.

Is there no way to skip the check?

> We need to put it back.
> 
> Btw, I did the same thing for FluidSynth once (removed a symbol not exposed
> in the headers), and got loud complaints from more than one distro
> maintainer. I ended up putting it back.

Why do the distro maintainers demand adding cruft back? I understand if they
complain and call us stupid and whatever, because we cause extra work for them,
but there's absolutely no long term need to add pa_format_info_free2() back.
It's only the distro tools that will cause trouble, no application code will
ever break because of this.

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