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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: library version numbers
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-04-19 15:55:35
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On Thursday 19 April 2001 15:30, aleXXX wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> can we please increment the version numbers of the libs in kdelibs from 3.0.0 
> to 3.2.0 or something like this for KDE 2.2 ?
> IMO this is exactly the purpose what these version numbers are for, otherwise 
> how do you want do recognize whether libkdeui.so.3.0.0 belongs to KDE 2.0, 
> KDE 2.1 or KDE 2.2 ?

Once again: this is more dangerous than helpful.
An app linked to the kdelibs from KDE 2.0 will _NOT_ run properly 
under a KDE 2.1 environment. For instance it won't find klauncher since
its named has changed.

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