From 6fa671f31450210275dee07cdfc94cbe63d9aa88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:07:55 +0200 Subject: build: add notice on how to update library API version Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- Make_global.am | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Make_global.am b/Make_global.am index e52eb90..4d56685 100644 --- a/Make_global.am +++ b/Make_global.am @@ -1,7 +1,23 @@ # This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version. -# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool -# documentation before making any modification -# http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/autobook/autobook_91.html +# Extracted from Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool docs. +# +# +# Here are a set of rules to help you update your library version information: +# +# 1. Start with version information of `0:0:0' for each libtool library. +# 2. 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. +# 3. If the library source code has changed at all since the last update, +# then increment revision (`c:r:a' becomes `c:r+1:a'). +# 4. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last +# update, increment current, and set revision to 0. +# 5. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then +# increment age. +# 6. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, then +# set age to 0. +# +# LIBVERSION=0:0:0 INCLUDES=$(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include -- cgit v1.2.3