Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11498] col_get_text() is declared extern rather than WS_DL
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Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:05:33 +0000

Comment # 4 on bug 11498 from 
(In reply to Pascal Quantin from comment #1)
> Hi,
> 
> No real reason I think except the fact that no one requested it so far :)
> I'm gonna add it in master branch (1.99.X development branches) but I'm not
> sure we can add it in 1.12.X releases as it might change the ABI (that must
> stays stable for all maintenance releases).
> Balint, couldyou tell me whether we are allowed to backport it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Pascal.
Hi Pascal,

We can safely backport it, we just need to bump the minor .so version (the
second number) for the next minor stable release. Removing or completely
changing the semantics of symbols is what is not allowed without a major .so
version bump.

Cheers,
Balint

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