backward/forward compatibility of binutils

['Daniel Jacobowitz']

On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:56:14PM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Ian's response is: "Do it yourself". There is not much to do, besides 
> agreeing, that the compatibility would be a desirable goal...

You've missed his entire point, which is that the current interface is
not designed extensibly.  It would be a great deal of work to preserve
it in the face of major changes - work which no one who would be making
those changes has interest in doing.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery