Daniel Stenberg wrote:

> Hm, yes that's true. But not all libs include all those numbers. I mean, there
> are (operating) systems on which only the major number is used for example.
>
> Still, setting the minor number so that major + minor makes a unique
> combination sounds like a good idea that works for lots of platforms.

Since libcurl uses libtool it might be a good idea to use their
versioning scheme of (current,revision,age) which libtool internally
maps to whatever the particular platform supports:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#Libtool-versioning>.

Brian
Received on 2007-10-12