libpthread shared library version number

[John Hay]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:33:36PM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, John Hay wrote:
> 
> >I vote for bumping the version of a lib the first time it goes
> >incompatable ... actually just before that so that you don't get
> >incompatable libs with the same number.
> 
> That was done already (libc version was bumped).  But the part
> that wasn't done was bumping all the other libraries that are
> dependent on libc, and all libraries that need to be bumped
> for symbol versioning to be enabled by default.
> 
> For tracking purposes, it's also nice to be able to see all
> the libraries being bumped at the same time, so you can see
> what is affected and how to do it again.

You can also track it in a file or with forced commits, with
very little if any additional effort.

I thought one of the ideas of -current was that it serves as a
testing ground for new code. It seems we currently limit that
testing to the box in the corner that you just recompile and reboot
and then say "FreeBSD can still compile itself and reboot". You
limit the amount of testing you get out of current this way though.

John
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John Hay -- John.Hay at meraka.csir.co.za / jhay at FreeBSD.org