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Hi cschol
I am curious about your description in the README:

"Minimum requirements for plugins:
libc v2.23
libstdc++ v5.4.0
IMPORTANT - Why is this required?
Minimum version requirements refer the library versions that Rack needs at minimum to run. Both, libc and libstdc++ are forward-compatible. This means, Rack and its plugins need to be compiled with the minimum version of libc and libstdc++, but can run on any newer version of both of the libraries. Compiling plugins with a newer version of the libraries and running them on an older version will not work."

Is it really true, that plugins need to be compiled against those specific library versions?
Because I haven't seen Andrew advertise that anywhere, neither any developers talk about it, but it seems like a pretty big deal, if it should be taken literally. The closest mention I've seen is in the setting up your build environment section, where he gives the apt-get commands to install the prerequisites, but I've always understood that as an example, and not to mean - "you SHOULD compile on Ubuntu 16.04", and he certainly doesn't mention the library version issue that you talk about, anywhere that I can find.

Appreciate your insights, thanks!