Re: SQLite Question
Re: SQLite Question
- Subject: Re: SQLite Question
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:02:26 -0700
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014, at 01:11 PM, Chris Hanson wrote:
> You should use the SQLite that is part of the OS, and not build a
> separate version.
>
> The same goes for all the various projects that are part of an operating
> system: The versions included with a particular operating system can be
> tuned for that operating system and the hardware it runs on. That doesn’t
> mean they will be, but it’s something that can be done, and you should
> consider that possibility when deciding whether to include your own
> version of a library.
Apple has frequently advised people _not_ to link directly against
system libraries included on the OS, such as libssl and libxml2, as
these are included with the operating system in support of other
technologies such as Security.framework and NSXMLDocument. These
libraries in particular have no guarantees of API compatibility between
releases, and Apple has no public or consistent policy about updating
the versions included with the OS, or even about their continued
inclusion.
Unless and until Apple publicly announces their commitment to include a
particular third-party library, and either that library has a policy of
maintaining API and/or binary compatibility *or* Apple commits to
maintaining such compatibility, it will always be tempting (some might
say advisable) to build and include one's own version of a third-party
dependency.
--Kyle Sluder
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