[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2278: make liblwgeom compatible between micro releases

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#2278: make liblwgeom compatible between micro releases
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 Reporter:  mwanner      |       Owner:  pramsey       
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  low          |   Milestone:  PostGIS Future
Component:  liblwgeom    |     Version:  2.0.x         
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by mwanner):

 As it stands, liblwgeom provides a SONAME that changes not just with minor
 releases, but with every micro version increment. Making micro version
 releases of liblwgeom incompatible. Anybody relying on liblwgeom-2.0.4
 being backwards compatible to liblwgeom-2.0.3 doesn't understand library
 version concepts - and shouldn't ever blame PostGIS. I fail to see
 anything nasty, here.

 This ticket is a request to change that, as it's required to make
 liblwgeom usable to external projects. As strk and robe both point out (in
 different ways) there are other issues that need to be resolved, first.
 Basically defining an ABI that PostGIS (or a separate liblwgeom project
 team) is willing to provide and support.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2278#comment:5>
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