On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:44:17 +1000, Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> wrote:
> If we're really concerned about the numbers changing in an unpredictable > manner and the difficulty of associating the server with a specific ABI, we > should consider switching to a date-based ABI major. 20111119 or something > like that, provided the current range lets us do that (would need to check). > but tbh, I find the wiki page detailing the server vs abi versions enough. The major ABI number has 16 bits, so we can't do anything *this* fancy. But, yes, bumping the version should be a lightweight operation; for API-compatible changes, it forces a recompile of all affected drivers (of course, having those in-tree would make that all happen automagically :-) -- [email protected]
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