Re: [boost] soname for 1.33

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-12 07:27:27

Neal Becker wrote:

> The "official" Redhat/Fedora rpms for boost-1.32 had set soname as
> e.g.: libboost_date_time.so.1
> instead of libboost_date_time.so.1.32
> 
> I wonder if I should do the same for 1.33?  Does anyone know if the API is
> compatible from 1.32 to 1.33?  

I'm sure it's not. Even such small library as program_options has binary
incompatible changes from 1.32 to 1.33 (for example, removed method). I
suspect that larger libraries has lots of such changes.

> Or, has Redhat made a mistake in doing this?

Maybe.

- Volodya