BC for libraries with installed headers in non-libs modules

[Matt Rogers]

On Sunday 11 January 2009 18:38:48 Sune Vuorela wrote:
> [This post is not about kdelibs or kdepimlibs. neither it is about
> libraries that don't install headers[
>
> Hi!
>
> Some modules ships libraries with installed headers. For example
>  - kdenetwork with libkopete* for third party kopete plugins
>  - kdebase-workspace with kwin decoration for third party window
>    decorations
>  - kdegraphics with kdcraw, kipi, libokular and others for digikam and
>    other grahpics apps and for third party okular backends
>  - kdegames with libkdegames for third party games
>  - and probably others
>
> Currently, there is a no requirements for BC for such libraries, which
> makes it a mess for packages and third party components using those.
>
> What I would like is that such libraries in non-libs modules just
> remembers to bump the SOVERSION, so that libfoo.so.3 becomes libfoo.so.4
> when doing the changes.
>
> basically it could be formulated as
> "Libraries with installed headers outside libs modules MUST guarantee
> backwards binary compability for the same SOVERSION"
>
> Comments anyone?
>
> Who are to take such decisions?
>
> /Sune

We bump the libkopete soversion when we make BIC changes, so we already do 
this. We haven't made any BIC changes in awhile, so we haven't bumped the 
soversion.
-- 
Matt
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