Hello, having a Debian (version unstable) server at work, I've seen that the package corresponding to version 3.0.0 of SOCI (http://soci.sourceforge.net) has just been released by your services: http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/soci.html
You certainly were not aware of that, but I currently strive to package that same version for Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494148 We could maybe join our forces on that task, in particular when it comes to discussing with the SOCI developer team, for instance to ask them adding SONAME in the delivered libraries? Do not hesitate to contact me for further information. Best Regards Denis