What about defining a Weston API number increased each time the API changes?

2014-01-24 Eoff, Ullysses A <ullysses.a.e...@intel.com>:
> Furthermore, say I'm using Weston 1.3.91... a usage of
> WESTON_VERSION_COMPATIBLE_WITH(1,3,0) would return
> True (1), which is wrong since the API/ABI actually changed
> somewhere between 1.3.90 and 1.3.91.
>
> Granted, most API/ABI consumers won't be using x.y.9z
> development version series.   But, as it's written now, they
> would be forced to add an extra check for every major/minor
> release if they are supporting more than one API/ABI.
>
> Our usage model, however, is for the wayland-fits test suite
> where it needs to support unstable (development versions)
> and stable API/ABI in a continuous integration environment.
>
> Regardless, the macro logic needs to change so that it
> appropriately reflects the macro name.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wayland-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org 
>> [mailto:wayland-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Eoff,
>> Ullysses A
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:05 PM
>> To: Daniel Stone
>> Cc: wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
>> Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2 v2] version: Fix WESTON_VERSION_AT_LEAST macro
>>
>> Even with just a rename, if the API/ABI doesn't change from 1.4.x to 1.5.x
>> the macro wouldn't work if you used WESTON_VERSION_COMPATIBLE_WITH(1,4,0)
>> when version == 1.5.0 as it's written now.
>>
>> That is, with a rename, the logic indicates that "No major or minor
>> release is compatible with another major or minor release", regardless of
>> API/ABI changes.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Daniel Stone [mailto:dan...@fooishbar.org]
>> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:37 PM
>> > To: Eoff, Ullysses A
>> > Cc: wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
>> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] version: Fix WESTON_VERSION_AT_LEAST macro
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> > The macro should really be called WESTON_VERSION_COMPATIBLE_WITH() -
>> > it's done that way specifically to allow breaking API/ABI at least
>> > every minor release.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Daniel
>> >
>> > On 24 January 2014 19:11, U. Artie Eoff <ullysses.a.e...@intel.com> wrote:
>> > > From: "U. Artie Eoff" <ullysses.a.e...@intel.com>
>> > >
>> > > Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74023
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: U. Artie Eoff <ullysses.a.e...@intel.com>
>> > > ---
>> > >  src/version.h.in | 9 +++++----
>> > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
>> > > index 79dba45..e72fea8 100644
>> > > --- a/src/version.h.in
>> > > +++ b/src/version.h.in
>> > > @@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
>> > >
>> > >  /* Can be used like #if WESTON_VERSION_AT_LEAST(1, 2, 0) */
>> > >  #define WESTON_VERSION_AT_LEAST(major, minor, micro) \
>> > > -        (WESTON_VERSION_MAJOR == (major) && \
>> > > -         WESTON_VERSION_MINOR == (minor) && \
>> > > -         WESTON_VERSION_MICRO >= (micro))
>> > > -
>> > > +       ((WESTON_VERSION_MAJOR != major) ?            \
>> > > +        (WESTON_VERSION_MAJOR > major) :            \
>> > > +        ((WESTON_VERSION_MINOR != minor) ?          \
>> > > +          (WESTON_VERSION_MINOR > minor) :          \
>> > > +          (WESTON_VERSION_MICRO >= micro)))
>> > >  #endif
>> > > --
>> > > 1.8.3.1
>> > >
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