Re: Shared library versions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
Subject Re: Shared library versions
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In response to Re: Shared library versions  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.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.

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.


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