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In message <483E64D8.50802@freebsd.org>, Andre Oppermann writes:

>Hence my pretty-please request to the guru(s) in residence to
>write up a section for the FreeBSD developers handbook explaining
>the concept of symbol versioning, its concrete implementation
>in FreeBSD and the rules we apply to versioning (including example
>cases like this and some earlier ones that came up).

Sounds like a very reasonable request.

Seconded.

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