Re: Shared library versions

From: teg(at)redhat(dot)com (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=)
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shared library versions
Date: 2001-05-09 20:20:47
Message-ID: xuyoft2gtpc.fsf@halden.devel.redhat.com
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> The Hermit Hacker writes:
>
> > IMHO, it should only be changed if there are incompatibilities between
> > releases ... we modify the API, mainly ... anything more then that, and
> > we're making ppl recompile to pull in libraries that only unlying code has
> > changed, but not the API ...
>
> ISTM that you should read up on shared library versioning.

I second that... if new functionality is added, bump the minor. If
functionality changes or is removed, bump the major.

--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.

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