Re: Release management: how do you update the libtool version information?

[Bruno Haible]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Consider adjusting your habit to update the libtool version directly
> AFTER a release instead.  I put the following in cfg.mk to make sure I
> don't forget this:
> 
> sc_libtool_version_bump:
>       @git diff v$(PREV_VERSION).. | grep '^+AC_SUBST(LT' > /dev/null
> 
> Of course, you still have to bump it if you make any API/ABI changes,

Is a maintainer not _more_ likely to forget about the libtool versioning,
when he has a rule like that, that makes him think "I'm already on the
safe side, since I have done it already"?

Bruno