sorry. just trying to play it safe after getting yelled at last time for *not* changing the major number. I'll copy your guidelines into our Makefile so we'll remember next time. Sergey Vlasov wrote: > > Hello! > > Between lm_sensors 2.8.1 and 2.8.2 the libsensors version was changed > from 2.0.1 to 3.0.0 - so the library soname was changed, indicating an > incompatibility and forcing recompilation of all library clients. > However, I don't see a reason for such change. > > The library soname must be changed if and only if the interface is > changed in a backward incompatible way. The interface is defined by > the public header files - in this case they are error.h, sensors.h, > chips.h. > > Changes in the public header files between 2.8.1 and 2.8.2: > > - error.h: was not changed at all. > > - sensors.h: only a comment was changed. > > - chips.h: here some new identifiers were added, but none of the > existing identifiers were changed or deleted, so older programs > would still work without recompilation. > > There were binary-incompatible changes in data.h, but this is an > internal header file (it is not even installed by "make install"), > therefore such changes should not cause soname change. > > Now it is too late, but I hope there will be no more unneeded soname > changes in the future... > > Best regards, > Sergey Vlasov > > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
