Re: What's the -0 in libgtk2.0-0?

[sjoerd@spring.luon.net (Sjoerd Simons)]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Is the soname some kind of guarantee of API stability? Do other
> distros follow a similar practice?

Soname ensures (or should ensure) ABI stability. Meaning that each program
linked against version of a library with a certain soname should run 
with any newer version of that library with the same soname.

The library packaging guide has some info about this and how to name debian
library packages:

http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#shlibpkgs

  Sjoerd
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