Re: libudev major number not increased

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Kay,

> > The _major_ number of libudev has to be increased, because several symbols
> > were removed (e.g. udev_device_new_from_devpath()) from the library in the
> > changes from 128 to 129.
> >
> > Which means, that every application, which linked to a udev version prior to
> > udev-129 has to be recompiled to work with newer libudev versions and
> > unfortunately there is now no way to install compat libs anymore.
> 
> Right, we do not bump the major number as long as it is experimental.
> 
> It's not only the API which has changed in earlier versions, also the
> logic behind it, so it would not really work with compat libs anyway.
> The usual way to do compat libs by taking the code from old packages
> will also not work, because the lib is tied to the running udev
> version. Older libs are unlikely to work with a new udev running.

you don't need to bump the package version number. Just bump the .so
name/version of the library.

Regards

Marcel