[Flac-dev] liboggflac1 soname

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Is the debian mismatch based on a release between these too? Should 
> > flac-1.1.1 release have been 2:1:0? In either case, it seems rebuilding 
> > all the packages against the 1.1.1 library should resolve the issue?

Well, if something built against 1.0.4 can (even in corner cases)
malfunction with 1.1.1, then yes, it must be 2:1:0.  This holds true to
the soname of the C++ libs too if changes on the underlying C libraries are
somehow exported through the C++ ones.

If stuff built against the old lib won't work with the new lib:
  increment soname and zero age ("backward incompatible change")

ELSE If stuff built against the new lib won't work with the old lib:
  increment both soname and age ("forward compatible change")

ELSE:
  leave the soname alone

Simpler said than done, I know :(

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