Trying to use lib compiled with 1.3.50 as dependen...

# kotlin-native

[Konstantin Petrukhnov]

Trying to use lib compiled with 1.3.50 as dependency in project with 1.3.70-dev. It failed with :
w: skipping .... htf-lib-a.klib. The abi versions don't match. Expected '[18]', found '14'
w: The compiler versions don't match either. Expected '[]', found '1.3.50-release-11850'
e: Could not find .... khtf-lib-a.klib" in [....]
Does it mean that using older compiled libs is not possible?

[kpgalligan]

Yes. You need to create new klib’s for each major kotlin version. 1.3.40 will work with 1.3.41, but not 1.3.50

[Konstantin Petrukhnov]

Is there a way to publish klib for selected older version? E.g. is now it is 1.3.50, publish also version for 1.3.41. As part of publish task.

[Konstantin Petrukhnov]

And if I'm using some library, that is not yet published to new version, I'll have to build it and publish to local repo myself? Sounds bad 🙂

[kpgalligan]

Question 1, I’ve never tried publishing 2 versions from the same code base. It would be a lot easier to maintain a branch with the older version, but I guess it depends what you’re doing.

[kpgalligan]

Question 2, yes. Currently doing that for eap-2. It’s not fun, but native is moving pretty fast. Swift v5.1 just got abi stability, so it’ll probably be a while if we want to set expectations. Most major libraries have updates pretty quickly.

[Konstantin Petrukhnov]

thx!