Re: Shared library versioning

[Peter O'Gorman]

On 06/14/2011 11:26 AM, Lasse Collin wrote:
> On 2011-06-14 Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011, Lasse Collin wrote:
> > > Please read the section "Understanding shared libraries
> > > number rules" (it's short):
> > >
> > >     http://www.openbsd.org/faq/ports/specialtopics.html
> >
> > If this web page text is correct, then I agree that libtool is doing
> > the wrong thing for OpenBSD.  But of course we should search for any
> > additional information and consult with relevant OpenBSD maintainers
> > before making any such change since FAQ text could easily be wrong.
>
> The FAQ is correct. Talking with maintainers can still be good, of
> course.

Changing versioning schemes is "hard". It will break binary 
compatibility for anyone who has built software themselves outside of 
ports etc.

Before doing this I'd really want to get input from the various BSD folks.

Thanks,
Peter