[pkg-crosswire-devel] RFS: sword, sword-text-web

[Bastian Germann]

Am 11.11.20 um 16:54 schrieb Teus Benschop:
> Hi Bastian,
> 
> In the new sword package, the library is called "libsword1.9.0". The
> existing library is called "libsword-1.8.1". The difference between these
> two, apart from the version number bump, is the omission of the hyphen in
> libsword 1.9.0. Instead of libsword-1.9.0 it is called libsword1.9.0.
> 
> Is that version number without the hyphen what you prefer?
> 
> General question: Is the notation "libxxxversion" acceptable instead of
> "libxxx-version"? Or what is in general use?

In general, the lib pkg should be named after the SO name. Upstreams
should care about their SO names, which Sword does not seem to do. If
you build via autotools you will get an SO name with a hyphen and with
cmake you will not get one. That is why the changed was introduced with
the switch to cmake.

In my opinion, it would be preferrable if the upstream soname changed
only when necessary, i.e., with ABI breaking changes and not with every
release.