libmysqlclient soname version bumped by upstream

[Michał Piotrowski]

Hi,

2011/3/21 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com>:
> So I started to package up mysql 5.5.10, and was surprised to read this
> in the release notes:
>
>        Incompatible Change: The shared library version of the client
>        library was increased to 18 to reflect ABI changes, and avoid
>        compatibility problems with the client library in MySQL
>        5.1. Note that this is an incompatible change between 5.5.10 and
>        earlier 5.5 versions, so client programs that use the 5.5 client
>        library should be recompiled against the 5.5.10 client library.
>
> This is probably a good thing, but it's something they should have done
> *before* declaring 5.5.x GA, methinks :-(
>
> Now I have no problem with pushing such a change into rawhide, but what
> shall I do about Fedora 15?  It doesn't seem very nice to force a soname
> bump after alpha.  On the other hand, the alternatives seem worse:
>
> * never upgrade F15 past mysql 5.5.9

Not very interesting solution :)

>
> * patch the releases to continue using the .16 version number
>
> * revert F15 to 5.1.x release series

Please _don't_ do this.

>
> I don't much like any of these choices, but I don't have a time machine.
> Any opinions about what to do?
>
>                        regards, tom lane
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