[Openal] Status of OpenAL 1.1 on OS X

[Sven Panne]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openal-bounces at opensource.creative.com 
> [mailto:openal-bounces at opensource.creative.com] On Behalf Of 
> David Guthrie
> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. August 2006 22:57
> To: openal at opensource.creative.com
> Subject: Re: [Openal] Status of OpenAL 1.1 on OS X
> 
> I don't understand why a never version just can't be added in 
> the existing framework.  The Current link would point to the 
> 1.1 version with NO alut symbols and the 1.0 would still be 
> there as version A so that older apps will still run.

Good question. As I said: I don't know Mac OS X in detail, but I guess
that exactly this should be possible. On e.g. Linux one can install
several versions of the same library at the same time when the major
version number differ (i.e. they have an incompatible API, which is
exactly the case here).

Another question is: What should be done about the headers? Again, the
solution is easy: Just ship the new headers, because people want to use
the new stuff and legacy apps don't need the headers anyway (the old
apps are already compiled).

Cheers,
   S.