[Kde-imaging] library versioning question

[Angelo Naselli]

Alle 07:54, lunedì 25 settembre 2006, Gilles Caulier ha scritto:
> On Sunday 24 September 2006 23:12, Angelo Naselli wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > I was working on some guis when i noticed something
> > i wish to talk about with you.
> > libkipi is 0.1.4 but:
> > ll /usr/lib/libkipi*
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   1354 mag  7 17:57 /usr/lib/libkipi.la
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     16 mag 13 22:58 /usr/lib/libkipi.so ->
> > libkipi.so.0.1.0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     16 mag 13 22:57
> > /usr/lib/libkipi.so.0 -> libkipi.so.0.1.0 -rw-r--r--  1 root root 197156
> > mag  7 17:57 /usr/lib/libkipi.so.0.1.0
> >
> > libkexif is 0.2.4 but:
> > ll /usr/lib/libkexif*
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   1292 giu 18 23:23 /usr/lib/libkexif.la
> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     17 giu 18 23:42 /usr/lib/libkexif.so ->
> > libkexif.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     17 giu 18 23:41
> > /usr/lib/libkexif.so.1 -> libkexif.so.1.0.0 -rw-r--r--  1 root root  84460
> > giu 18 23:23 /usr/lib/libkexif.so.1.0.0
> >
> > Now i had a look at the related Makefile.am and saw
> > -version-info 1:0:1 for libkipi and -version-info 1:0:0 for libkexif
> >
> > I believe that's wrong.
> >
> > Next release of libkipi is binary incompatible so the version has to
> > change and not with minor number. I believe we should fix also those
> > release version. Am I wrong?
> > Maybe we can forget libkexif soon, but the versions are wrong anyway.
> >
> > If I'm right, libkipi 1.4.0 means libkipi0 and libkipi.so.1.0.4
> > e.g. --version-info 1:4:0. Is it right?
> >
> > Angelo
> 
> We are already talking about lib version with Achim using IRC channel in the 
> past. If i rememeber, --version-info need to be changed... and i'm so 
> surprise than nobody have fixed that in svn.
you shouldn't, since i've taken all without all the knowledge ;)
Ok which are the right parameters to pass to --version-info?
There's no really problems by now since we fixed bug on libkipi,
and not released  new functionality.
> Achim, i'm right or not ?
> 
> About libkexif, since we don't use it with kipi-plugins, you can forget it if 
> nobody report problems relevant of lib version.
ok. 
> 
> Question : In another thread, If i remember, Tom have suggested to remove 
> libkexif from svn. Right ? 
I'm not sure of that, but surely we won't release it any more if not necessary.
If someone wants to use libkexif can go on with the project without us. 
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