On 2007-10-19 11:22:53 -0700, Bernard Li wrote: > Currently the SONAME for libganglia in trunk is: > > SONAME libganglia-3.1.0.so.0 > > Is there any particular reason why it is version specific? i.e. I > suppose this allows the user to install multiple versions of > libganglia with different versions, but is this really necessary? > > This would ultimately affect the naming of the binary package I guess: > > libganglia-3_1_0 vs just libganglia
as the original naming proposal for the libganglia package came from my patch i would like to mention the background of the name. http://en.opensuse.org/Packaging/Shared_Library_Packaging_Policy first of all you can always call the package libganglia and put in it what ever you want. we use the library packaging policy to allow multiple versions of the same lib to be installed in parallel. as you see the library name is affected by the SONAME. now if you would think about the soname we come to problems like api/abi compatibility. thougths? darix -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
