Re: [gnome-db] Libgda modifications in CVS HEAD

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 08:43 -0200, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 03:38:34PM +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 23:56 -0200, Gustavo R. Montesino wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 05:45:22PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 15:17 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 00:00 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 16:59 -0600, Daniel Espinosa wrote:
> > > > > > > This change is API incompatible with the last version
> > > > > > > of LibGDA, then is it correct for a version 1.x?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > no, API changes are not allowed in the 1.2 series. We might probably
> > > > > > high the version number to 2.0 for that version
> > > > > 
> > > > > So this new libgda version will be parllel-installable with libgda-1.2.
> > > > > 
> > > > > So it needs a new pc file, and a different name for the libarary. Do you
> > > > > plan to make those changes?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Unfortunately, you already use "2" in the library name, 
> > > > > /opt/gnome210/lib/libgda-2.so
> > > > > so you might want to choose a different even number for this new version
> > > > > to avoid confusion.
> > > > > 
> > > > hmm, right. What about calling the lib libgda-2-0.so or something, and
> > > > thus make it match with the libgda version number?
> > > > 
> > > > Or any other idea? Having libgda-2.0.pc and libgda-3.so might be a bit
> > > > confusing.
> > > 
> > > Actually, I'm trying to make 1.0 and 1.2 parallel-installable on Debian,
> > 
> > Why?
> > 
> 
> Mostly to support a smooth transition of all dependent packages to 1.2
> and, if sarge (next Debian version) ends up getting released before the
> transition ends, to have both versions in it instead of just the older
> one
> 
this should be mostly possible today, since at least the header files
are installed in different places. Not so with the libraries, which have
the same soname, iirc
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>