Update soname

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Thu Apr 5 22:30:00 GMT 2001


On Apr  5, 2001, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:

> I'm not too concerned about including the version in the name of the
> .so.  If we can do it, fine.  If not, we still have to increment
> `current' because we are binary incompatible with past releases.

Yep

> How exactly we should handle the interface number on the trunk after
> the release is still an open question.  One idea would be to update it
> right away, and then update it again for the next release.

The second step is probably not necessary.  IMHO, anyone using
development snapshots should be aware of potential problems related
with binary-compatibility issues.

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