> > we don't need to bump soversion at all, unless we make > > backward-incompatible changes. just bump minor (and don't change the > > packaging name). Also, fix shlibs to depend on that version or > > later. > > But surely "adding stuff to a data structure" is a backward-incompatible > change? It depends on the way you do it. You can add stuff to a data structure without breaking backwards compatibility. regards, junichi