[ expat-Bugs-484233 ] libexpat.so major version

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Bugs item #484233, was opened at 2001-11-21 08:28
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Category: Build control
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ed Avis (epaepa)
Assigned to: Greg Stein (gstein)
Summary: libexpat.so major version

Initial Comment:
The newer expat releases build a shared library, but
they decide to call it libexpat.so.0.  Surely since the
expat version itself is 1.95, the library should be
installed as libexpat.so.1.95 and libexpat.so.1?

It is certainly a bit odd to pick the major number
zero; third parties who have built shared libraries
from older  expat distributions probably chose 1, so it
looks like the version number is going downwards.

Suggest making the shared library version match the
expat version, and increasing the major soname when
backwards-incompatible API changes are introduced.

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