Greetings, On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:13:56PM -0500, Paul Elliott wrote: > What is the relationship, if any, between the version number of the source > pachage and the version number of a library, which has to do with SONAME. > > What do these have to do with PACKAGE_VERSION in autotools? > > My up stream, has version number associated with his source tarballs, > that have nothing to do with debian or Linux, because he does not develop > with Linux in mind. All though he does build a Linux static library. As library packaging is generally regarded as a difficult task, a very good guide at http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html is a recommended reading. That guide contains also very clear background information on the various version numbering systems possibly involved. Best regards, Filippo -- Filippo Rusconi, PhD - public crypto key C78F687C @ pgp.mit.edu Researcher at CNRS and Debian Developer <lopippo@debian.org> Author of ``massXpert'' at http://www.massxpert.org
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