Michael Tautschnig wrote:
Although, the Debian Library Packaging guide has:
Chapter 5. Naming library packages
The policy documents how to name library packages. "lib[libraryname][SONAME-version-number]" like "libc6" for /lib/libc.so.6
so it would be more in keeping to name it libppl5.
Yes, but this makes me ask: Why is the soname-version == 5?
The answer is in src/Makefile.am, which is the only file I would like to modify in order so change this version information, for the time being.
# Libtool -version-info for libppl.la. # # 1. Start with version information of `0:0:0' for each Libtool library. # # 2. Update the version information only immediately before a public # release of your software. More frequent updates are unnecessary, # and only guarantee that the current interface number gets larger # faster. # # 3. If the library source code has changed at all since the last # update, then increment REVISION (`C:R:A' becomes `C:r+1:A'). # # 4. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the # last update, increment CURRENT, and set REVISION to 0. # # 5. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, # then increment AGE. # # 6. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, # then set AGE to 0. # # PPL release -version-info # 0.1 ----- # 0.2 ----- # 0.3 0:0:0 # 0.4 1:0:1 # 0.5 2:0:0 # 0.6 3:0:0 # 0.7 4:0:0 # 0.8 5:0:0
And you can bet that, at least for the next 5, 6, 7 releases, the CURRENT number will strictly increase. Cheers,
Roberto