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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2002 12:13:15 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/libwmf Makefile pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <200202211713.g1LHDFF25291@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020221170549.GB40194@madman.nectar.cc>
References:  <200202211702.g1LH2Kw69894@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020221170549.GB40194@madman.nectar.cc>

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<<On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:05:49 -0600, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> said:

> I object.  Shared libraries have version numbers for a reason.  This
> seems foolish to me.

Unfortunately, many developers these days have no idea what this
reason is, and frequently increment the version number even when no
interface changes would require it -- typically so that it matches
their idea of the package revision.

-GAWollman


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