[mpich-devel] ABI Compatibility Initiative

[Ponomarenko Andrey]

>  The primary aim of the initiative is for all parties to agree on a schedule for necessary ABI changes, leading to a more stable release cycle and fewer surprises for developers. This project is not limited to just MPICH-derived implementations. Other collaborators are welcome to join and participate in the initiative for the benefit of users, application developers and system administrators alike.

Hello,

I've prepared ABI report for the recent versions of the library here: http://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/timeline/mpich/

Also I've shared a special report for the latest MPICH 3.2 in order to navigate over the ABI structure in detail (on x86_64): http://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/abi_view/mpich/3.2/f8b8b/symbols.html

Hope this helps the Initiative and may be Linux maintainers of the library too. The source code of the analysis tools is available here: https://github.com/lvc

Thank you.