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Date:      Thu, 9 Sep 1999 12:54:09 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Dmitrij Tejblum <tejblum@arc.hq.cti.ru>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 32+ signals and library versions
Message-ID:  <199909091854.MAA04905@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <37D801AF.2B97E791@scc.nl>
References:  <80742.936899215@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <37D801AF.2B97E791@scc.nl>

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> > > Yes, we shouldn't version bump every time someone has a whim, ending
> > > up with 10 version bumps/week, but neither should we avoid them
> > > altogether and cause the Linux syndrome of programs refusing to work
> > > because they have the *wrong* version of glibc2.3 (or whatever)....
> > 
> > This is starting to sound like what would help is tighter release
> > management. If changes were held back long enough for a single version
> > bump to cover multiple changes, the situation would be improved.
> 
> I'm more tempted to revert to the major/minor versioning.

ELF has no minor revision number (IMO a mistake, but it's not my call).



Nate


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