>>>>> "Guy" == Guy Harris <g...@alum.mit.edu> writes:
Guy>and Ubuntu, being Debian-based, does the same. Presumably the
Guy>version number didn't change because the binary interface to the
Guy>library hasn't changed in a backwards-incompatible fashion for
Guy>ages (new routines and other new capabilities have been added,
Guy>so the binary of an app built with a *later* shared version of
Guy>the library won't work with an *earlier* shared version of the
Guy>library if they use those new routines or capabilities, but,
Guy>modulo library bugs, the binary of an app built with an
Guy>*earlier* shared version of the library should work with a
Guy>*later* shared version of the library).-
Correct, they do not update the package name because the ABI hasn't
changed in an incompatible way.
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