[packagers] Shared libraries in RPMforge packages...

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

Rex wrote:
> Or, since openexr is api-compatible in this case, rebuilding all your 
> apps against the latest version is an option.
In that case it is an error to bump the so-number. Look at any 
developers' manual and you will see that for shared libraries:
  
    - A major number increment indicates a potential incompatibility 
between library versions.
    - A minor number increment indicates only bug fixes.

 This in the hands of the developers, but we can not educate all 
developers in this world :-). When the major so-number is bumped, our 
packager's hand is forced ...

IMHO a repo should never force people to have to recompile their 
programs or packages (even it's for their own good :-)). People may not 
_want_ to do that (for whatever weird reason) so updates should be 
transparent and allow old stuff to keep running.

Cheers,
Morten

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