[PATCH libICE] Bump the major version

Emil Velikov emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Thu May 12 19:08:47 UTC 2016


On 12 May 2016 at 17:19, Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 14:27:48 +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
>
>> With previous commits we've hidden a selection of internal symbols from
>> the DSO. Neither of them has been part of the API, although let's do the
>> sane thing and bump the major, as we might have changed things in a
>> backward incompatible way. I.e. we might have unintentionally broken
>> some applications.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>
>> ---
>> Funny story... seems that the SONAME still uses the non-modular X
>> version (and it hasn't been bumped since the split) while configure uses
>> fresher numbers.
>>
>> Leaning that we should bump at least the SONAME one, although I've did
>> both just in case ;-)
>
> Very much against bumping SONAME.  If you think that's needed as a
> result of these patches, then please rethink whether these patches are a
> good idea.
>
To avoid repeating myself I will kindly point you to my earlier reply.
The gist - I don't mind either way.

Please note that all but the first patch are cleanups ;-) I was just
lazy enough to send 6 independent trivial/puny patches/emails.

-Emil


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