Re: [PATCH] libsvn SONAMEs and APR

"Justin Erenkrantz" <justin@erenkrantz.com> writes:

> 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

I don't recall any discussion about the ABI change implied by
releasing Subversion with support for APR 1.2. Was there any
discussion, did we make a conscious decision to break the ABI without
changing the soname? If we simply didn't consider it then I think it
was a mistake and we should fix it.

-- 
Philip Martin
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