Re: [platform-testers] GNU poke 3.90.0 pre-released in alpha.gnu.org

[Jose E. Marchesi]

> I wrote:
>> Is libpoke.so from the version 3.90.0 / 4.0 supposed to be ABI compatible
>> with the one from version 2.90.1 / 3.0 ? If yes, then we have proof that it 
>> is
>> not ABI compatible. If no, then you should increment its version number, so 
>> that
>> the "make check" from version 3.90.0 does not use the one from version
>> 2.90.1 / 3.0. More on this topic:
>>   - https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
>>   - 
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob;f=build-aux/libtool-next-version
>
> This is the approach to be used for shared libraries that are meant
> to be used by other packages. The fact that poke installs a file
> $(includedir)/libpoke.h indicates that libpoke is indeed meant to
> be used by other packages. Thus, incrementing the LTV_* variables
> in libpoke/Makefile.am should be part of the release process and
> be done before each release and, in particular, before you prepare
> for a new major release.

*facepalm*

I actually had in my checklist to bump the libtool version for libpoke,
but forgot to do so.

Allright, this will go in a 3.90.1 today.