libp4est / libsc should have a proper SOVERSION
StefanBruens opened this issue · comments
Description
Both libraries should have a SOVERSION which gets bumped every time the ABI is changed in an incompatible way.
Proposed solution
Thanks; after I hook the latest libsc into p4est, this can be addressed.
Is it actually intended to have a SOVERSION (ABI) bump on every patch version change?
This is not wrong per se, but will force everyone to rebuild/relink all dependent packages on each version change.
I have just introduced -version-info to libtool at all. The production releases of p4est and libsc are at 2:0:0.
I'll try to update these numbers as infrequently as possible. This one change from 0:0:0 appears long overdue.
Do you have further comments on versioning and packaging?
And, I have not changed anything in CMAke. I'll be happy to look at any contributions that align the versioning produced by CMake to the authoritative produced by autoconf/automake/libtool.
The SOVERSION property should be the same as current - age.revision from the libtool versioning (i.e. 2.0 for 2:0:0).
Would you like to add this properly to the libsc and p4est CMake files?