Bug#404888: glib2.0: cannot go into testing; causes gnucash regrsession

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 04:18:01PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> 3) The change altered the syntax of the file by adding restrictions. It
> is therefore a non-backwards-compatible change to the ABI, and therefore
> it needs an so-name bump.  No amount of adding this or that character
> will change that, unless you simply restore the previous behavior.

No.  soname changes are used for changes to the names and signatures of
functions exported by the library, not for subtle changes in handling of a
config file.

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