Bug#547223: libvorbis: ov_fopen should have const qualifier for char *path

Kumar Appaiah a.kumar at alumni.iitm.ac.in
Thu Apr 29 04:10:40 UTC 2010


tags 547223 - wontfix
tags 547223 + fixed-upstream
thanks

Dear Sebastian,

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 08:10:10AM +0200, Sebastian Dröge wrote:
> Hi,
> adding a const qualifier to a function parameter without changing the
> handling of the parameter (e.g. copying or not copying it inside the
> function) is no API breakage. Removing the const qualifier would
> arguably be an API breakage though.

Upstream has also made this observation, and fixed the bug. Marking is
thus.

Thank you!

Kumar
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