upstream shared library major versions

[Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>]

Hello,

The upstream author for one of my packages changed the major version
of the shared library (only used by the package) from 5 to 5000.

I am trying to understand his response as to why. Should I be changing
the library name from libdar64-5 to libdar64-5000? Or does this change
reflect some sort of misunderstanding in how library versions work? Or
it is maybe some sort of bug in libtool?

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=511612&aid=3522900&group_id=65612

Thanks
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Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>