Sub-library version numbers

[George Staikos]

On June 5, 2002 22:10, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> On June 5, 2002 17:22, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> > There are three libraries in KDE3 that have the same version number as
> > the ones found in KDE2.  They are:
> >
> > libkjava.so.1
> > libkjs.so.1
> > libktexteditor.so.0
> >
> > I would like to bump all three version numbers in both KDE_3_0_BRANCH and
> > HEAD to
> >
> > libkjava.so.2
> > libkjs.so.2
> > libktexteditor.so.1
> >
> > Is there any reason (that I don't see) why this would be a bad idea?
>
> Because then we're BIC? Old KDE 3.0.0 apps would still link against the
> original versions, which would no longer be present in KDE 3.0.2+.

  Why should the old ones be removed?