[libgsf] Configuration: Doc fix.



commit c9eaf88229e0fabf0f7c3de0ece0edb84736415e
Author: Morten Welinder <terra gnome org>
Date:   Thu Jul 2 13:26:51 2009 -0400

    Configuration: Doc fix.

 configure.in |   10 +++-------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index db2fb06..b8227d3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBGSF_MICRO_VERSION, libgsf_version_micro)
 
 dnl Version info for libraries = CURRENT:REVISION:AGE
 dnl
-dnl Within each x.y.*, ABI is maintained backward and _forward_ compatible.
-dnl (As a consequence, no exported function may be added.)
-dnl So it's enough to have one interface number per each x.y.* branch.
-dnl
-dnl OTOH, we are not able to keep ABI strictly backward compatible throughout
-dnl the whole x.*.*.
-dnl The easiest way is to declare no ABI compatibility, ie. AGE is always 0.
+dnl Within each x.y.*, ABI is maintained backward compatible.
+dnl We strive for forward compatibility too, except that we sometimes
+dnl add new functions.
 dnl
 m4_define([version_iface],
 	m4_eval(100 * libgsf_version_major + libgsf_version_minor))



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