On 08/13/2014 06:18 PM, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:45:36 +0200, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>
>> All I know is that we need to rebuild the reverse dependencies for a new
>> GDAL version, even if the SONAME doesn't change. libLAS even needed
>> source changes to support GDAL 1.11.0 (since it uses the unstable C++
>> interface).
>>
>> README.source in gdal documents the following:
>>
>> "
>> - the C interface is considered stable, but it adds new functions at
>> every new release.
>> - the C++ interface is considered unstable and adds/removes/changes
>> methods at every new minor/major release. That implies both API/ABI
>> changes at every new release, possibly.
>> - both C and C++ APIs coexists in the same library with a unique
>> SONAME (the C one).
>> - the only official API that should be used by all programs is the C
>> one. At the moment this is generally respected, so forcing a library
>> migration should be considered pointless in general.
>> "
>>
> OK, I'd suggest something like this:
> - add Provides: libgdal.so.1-${version} to libgdal1h (${version} being
> 1.10.1 or 1.11.0)
> - adjust libgdal1h.symbols.* to generate a dep on
> libgdal.so.1-${version} for all c++ symbols
>
> That way it's clear from the packaging metadata what uses only the
> stable C interface and what uses the unstable C++ one, and we know what
> to rebuild. Does that seem plausible?
Thanks for the helpful suggestion, it sounds like a nice solution.
I'll have a look at implementing it.
> Cheers,
> Julien
Kind Regards,
Bas
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