On 2008-04-03 18:51+0200 Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > * Alan W. Irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-03 08:50]: > >> I would prefer not to have different library version numbers for different >> platforms since that is potentially confusing for everybody and propagates >> indefinitely. > > You could do this in an automatic manner in cmake. My knowledge of cmake is > quite fragmentary, but it should be possible to keep the current numbering > version and, conditionally on the system being macosx, just increment the > major version. > > With cmake 2.6 it will be possible to do the following: > > set(csirocsa_SOVERSION 0) > if(APPLE) > MATH(EXPR ${csirocsa_SOVERSION} "${csirocsa_SOVERSION} + 1") > endif(APPLE) > set(csirocsa_VERSION ${csirocsa_SOVERSION}.0.1) > > This causes absolutely no confusion, because the library version numbers are > only visible inside a distribution.
Possibly. However, to help the PLplot upstream developers make the decision, please answer my question about how much practical Debian packaging work is required by you to do a major version bump for each of the libraries I mentioned. I assume its fairly negligible since major version changes do happen from time to time for most libraries, but if that assumption is not correct, let us know. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel