Subject: Re: [ecasound] embedding interface version numbers in library names
From: Michael Carmack (karmak_AT_karmak.org)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 16:08:49 EEST
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 12:45:29PM +0300, Kai Vehmanen wrote:
>
> Any objections to using Debian-style library naming conventions
> for ecasound libraries?
>
> Currently it's hopelessly messy to deal with multiple library versions,
> and especially for end-users that don't want to play with configure
> options. What I want to do now is to encode the major version number into
> the library name itself. So in 2.1devX we'd have:
>
> - libecasound8
> - libkvutils3
> - libecasoundc2
>
> Comments?
>
> PS I do wonder why other projects haven't adopted this approach
> yet...
FWIW, I believe there's a more elegant approach:
Might not be a short-term thing, but worth considering.
m.
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