Hi, Quoting Andreas Ericsson <a...@op5.se>:
> Sure, but please add a LIBDBI_VERSION macro as well, or people > will start tweaking them in themselves, which will cause headache > for you if you want to add one later. > > #define LIBDBI_VERSION ((MAJOR * 10000) + (MINOR * 100) + (REVISION)) > > should do it. > Don't worry about that, we've agreed before that this is an extremely useful addition. I'll take care of this on the weekend. > I don't really give a damn where those numbers come from so long as > it can be easily found out which LIBDBI_VERSION a particular piece of > functionality or bugfix appeared in, and so long as it only ever > increases. > This is also a documentation issue. The libdbi manual contains information about deprecated functions, but it doesn't explain when new functions were added. I guess it would be quite helpful to include this information. I'll put that on my todo list. >> major = current - age >> minor = age + 8 >> patch = revision >> >> until major is actually increased? >> > > Umm. Won't major be higher now than it was before? Sorry, but I > just can't wrap my head around what the various libtool macros > are supposed to signify, and the explanations on > http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html > doesn't exactly help (why should age be reset to 0 but nothing else > changed when interfaces are removed?). > If you remove an interface, programs linked against earlier releases will no longer load if they need one of the removed functions. Age=0 simply indicates the fact that your library now doesn't meet the needs of any app linked against an earlier version, and the run-time linker can look for an older version of the library instead. OTOH if you add functions without changing anything else, older apps won't care - the extra functions don't hurt. Therefore Age>0, and the run-time linker will happily use the library. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka markus.hoeni...@cats.de (Spam-protected email: replace the quadrupeds with "mhoenicka") http://www.mhoenicka.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ libdbi-devel mailing list libdbi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-devel
