Re: Last minute changes to rpm-4.0.3.

[Ian Peters <itp ximian com>]

On 09 Jul 2001 19:02:06 -0400, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Here's the CHANGELOG entries for rpm-4.0.3-0.61:
> 
> 	- package version now configureable, default v3.

This sounds quite sane, especially as all of the potential
incompatabilities appear to be reflected with

Requires: rpmlib(...)

I've just committed a patch to Red Carpet to correctly handle these
using rpmGetRpmlibProvides (I'm not sure why I failed to do this
before).

> 	- rename rpm libraries to have version with libtool -release.

Does this mean that libraries will be shipped as librpm-4.0.3.so, or as
librpm.so.4.0.3?  The latter seems easier to deal with...

If you were going with the second approach, however, I'd recommend not
using the strict version of the release but instead incrementing the
major version of the library at ABI changes as necessary (and the minor
and micro similarly -- libtool explains this all better?).

The downside is this is more work and occassional ABI incompatabilities
can still slip through the cracks.  Thoughts?

> 	- revert rpmqv.c change for now.

Doesn't really affect me, so no relevant comments -- other than sympathy
for your complicated-sounding situation ;-)

> Ahh, now I feel better :-)

LOL

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