Subject: Re: Version numbers of shared libraries
To: None <sjr@zombie.ncsc.mil>
From: Randy Terbush <sierra!randy>
List: current-users
Date: 03/21/1994 07:32:00
Stephen J. Roznowski writes:
> > > My understanding of the numbers are that the
> > > major number should be incremented when the functionality of
> > > the library changes (i.e. new functions added/deleted), while
> > > the minor number should be incremented when bugs are fixed.
> >
> > this is true, give or take. i think the minor number should
> > be incremented only when *major* bugs are fixed. Otherwise,
> > you end up with too many random library versions hanging around.
>
> Agreed. (but see above)
Things are changing too fast to be incrementing minor numbers. The
problems created by incrementing the number are far greater than the
(non-existant) problems I have seen by not changing the number.
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