[GRASS-dev] version compatibility

[William Kyngesburye]

On Jun 13, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Glynn Clements wrote:

> William Kyngesburye wrote:
>
>> Users installing binaries may not update all (GRASS/GDAL/QGIS/other)
>> in a timely manner.  Packagers would otherwise have to rebuild
>> software that hasn't changed just so it works with a minor GRASS  
>> update.
>
> Anything which changes GIS_H_VERSION isn't a minor update.
>
So this implies that the API or ABI might change in a minor version  
update?  Yuck.  Or did this just happen in the RCs to stabilize for a  
final release?

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