On (10/01/07 12:43), Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > I'm guessing that people who name libraries like libfoo-1.2.3.so often > tend to (lazily) use the software version number as the release number, > so they don't need to keep track of (or try to prevent) ABI > incompatibilities. Hence the soname changes with every new version. I > can see why this behavior would be discouraged :-) >
Just adding another reference to the thread. http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Release-numbers The whole versioning section of the libtool manual is quite useful reading on this subject. James -- James Westby -- GPG Key ID: B577FE13 -- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
