Christian Bell wrote: > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Brian Barrett wrote: > >> Nooooo! :) >> >> It would be good for everyone to read the Libtool documentation to >> see why versioning on the release number would be a really bad idea. >> Then comment. But my opinion would be that you should change based >> on interface changes, not based on release numbers. > > Yes, I second Brian. Notwithstanding what the popular vote is on MPI > ABI compatibility across MPI implementations, I think that > major/minor numbering within an implementation should be used to > indiciate when interfaces break, not give hints as to what release > they pertain to. > > . . christian >
I agree w/ Brian and Christian... version the file according to *interface* chages, not releases. This is, as Brian mentions, all explained very well in the libtool docs. -Paul -- Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov Future Technologies Group HPC Research Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900
