Re: NetworkManager 0.7 Released

[Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com>]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 12:05:15PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 15:02 +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 10:50:40PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 22:59 +0100, Sjoerd Simons wrote:
> > > Well... libnm-util did, but libnm-util for 0.6 was only meant to be used
> > > between the applet and NM itself.  libnm_glib ABI/API should be the same
> > > between 0.6 and 0.7, because the 0.7 libnm_glib actually includes all of
> > > the 0.6 libnm_glib.
> > 
> > The NM applet is still an external application though and libnm-util is still
> > a proper library. So proper library versioning is still something that needs to
> > be done. Especially if nothing actually used it, then bumping the soname
> > shouldn't be a hassle.
> 
> I understand how it's supposed to work, yes, but if we don't break the
> ABI/API going forward past 0.7, should we bump the soname and require a
> recompile of everything that uses libnm-util and libnm-glib now?  Or
> just tell distros to set up a symlink?

Ubuntu doesnt use that abi ... which is unfortunate in itself of
course, but the natural consequence for landing a new API in the last
few weeks before release.

Bumping the soname for final 0.7 would help me at least to provide
proper backports for intrepid ... or even would technically allow us
to do a huge stable update to get the final bits in.

 - Alexander