Re: ✘GPS 3.24 is released!

[Miroslav Lichvar]

On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 10:54:19AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> writes:
> > It seems the libgps changed API and ABI, but the soname stayed at
> > libgps.so.29 (specified in the SConscript file). I'm sorry I didn't
> > notice this with the rc.
> 
> API changes have nothing to do with the soname.
> 
> With ABI, the rule is to increment if there is an incompatible chagne.
> You have said there is one, but did not explain what it is.

The usual stuff, like new fields in a struct shifting other fields.
For example, gps_fix_t got larger and shifted most of gps_data_t.

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Miroslav Lichvar