[mapserver-dev] Multiple version support at 6.2+

[thomas bonfort]

ldd ~/local/bin/mapserv
   (...)	
   libmapserver-6.1-dev.so =>
/home/tbonfort/local/lib/libmapserver-6.1-dev.so (0x00007fbf795d1000)

the libmapserver.so library is version-numbered, but the binaries are not.

--
thomas

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 16:02, Stephen Woodbridge
<woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> Hi Devs,
>
> Given that in 6.2+ we will be installing the libmapserver.so, what are we
> doing to support multiple versions of mapserver?
>
> A common use case in the past is to be able to support multiple versions by
> renaming the executable like, mapserv-5.6.8, mapserv-6.0.2, etc. This is
> essential for companies that are running complex production environments. It
> is not realistic to think that they should or can upgrade all applications,
> mapscript, mapfiles, etc at once.
>
> I'm hoping that part of our plan is to support version numbering on the
> libmapserver-x.x.x.so and that the executable and mapscript, etc are built
> to use the appropriate version of the library that it was built with.
>
> Is this part of the plan?
> If not, I think the plan needs to be modified to support this.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>  -Steve
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