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__________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:23:23 +0200 From: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan W. Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: PLplot development list <Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: Need advice on Mac OS X compatibility version for libraries * Alan W. Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-02 16:30]: > Assuming this really is a serious issue on Mac OS X, the obvious solution is > to deal with it by bumping the major version number of the above libraries > (and libLASi) from 0 to 1. I would especially like Rafael and Andrew to > comment on that solution since there may be Debian packaging implications. > For example, that version bump would incorrectly imply on Linux there was a > major API change for those libraries. OTOH, I suspect nobody would notice > that unnecessary major version bump since it is likely PLplot is the only > software that actually uses those libraries (and libLASi). Would it be too complicated to maintain separate version numbers for Mac OS X and the rest of the world? That would be my preferred solution. -- Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
