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 :-)

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