Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 43934: /trunk-1.8/wiretap/ /trunk-1.
On 7/23/12 12:19 PM, Guy Harris wrote:
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> On Jul 23, 2012, at 9:46 AM, gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=43934
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>> User: gerald
>> Date: 2012/07/23 09:46 AM
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>> Log:
>> Fix the library version number.
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> That reverts to the same setting for 1.8.0; as there's a new API exported by Wiretap in 1.8.1, the version number *should* change between 1.8.0 and 1.8.1:
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>> Here are a set of rules to help you update your library version information:
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>> • Start with version information of ‘0:0:0’ for each libtool library.
>> • Update the version information only immediately before a public release of your software. More frequent updates are unnecessary, and only guarantee that the current interface number gets larger faster.
>> • If the library source code has changed at all since the last update, then increment revision (‘c:r:a’ becomes ‘c:r+1:a’).
>> • If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last update, increment current, and set revision to 0.
>> • If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then increment age.
>> • If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release, then set age to 0.
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> The old setting was 2:1:0, and an interface was added but none were removed or changed, so current should go from 2 to 3, revision should go to 0, and age should go from 0 to 1, at least as I read that.
Done.
