Re: [PATCH] libsvn SONAMEs and APR

Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> On 3/31/06, Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com> wrote:
>> Given that Subversion is so closely tied to APR, it would make sense
>> to offer an alternate DSO version number when compiled against APR
>> 1.x. Assuming that APR doesn't make any more disruptive changes
>> like the 0.x to 1.x transition, that'll just mean that Subversion 2
>> will have a DSO major version of 3 (or whatever) instead of 1.
>> Alternately, you could use numbered suffix on the library name, e.g.
>> "libsvn_client2".
>
> -1 as that needlessly breaks people who are already happy with APR 1.x
> and SVN. -- justin

Nothing prevents you from symlinking the .2 DSO to .1 on systems that
have been shipping Subversion with APR 1.x already. And if you are
installing from source, the previous install will provide the .1
dependency until they relink the affected programs.

The problem with the current situation is that things can break in
mysterious and unpredictable ways when a distro or user upgrades
from APR 0.x to 1.x.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Document Software          http://www.easysw.com
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