[postgis-devel] For PostGIS 2.2 moving forward make liblwgeom compatible between micro releases

[Sandro Santilli]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 10:36:45AM -0400, Paragon Corporation wrote:
> I would like to push this as a necessary thing and also require the library
> does not change name with each micro release of postgis.
> 
> I know now that I am stuck with a dynamic dll for liblwgeom (before in 2.1 I
> was able to live obliviously to these concerns until this change -
> https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3170  ) .  
> 
> The fact the library changes name with each micro (and api sometimes
> changes) is a packaging nightmare.
> 
> Can we at least get this fixed in 2.2 and promise to not change the api with
> each micro release?
> 
> https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/2278

I'm happy to start promising we don't break API of liblwgeom between
micro releases. It makes sense to me.

--strk;