[GRASS-dev] version compatibility

[Glynn Clements]

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?

Whenever someone changes gis.h, the ABI might change as a result.

It would be nice if this didn't happen without some forethought, but
past form indicates that this is an unrealistic goal.

Hopefully, once 6.4.0 is released, people will stick to the release
version when building binary packages of QGIS etc for distribution.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>