provide some track record of the SONAME bumps

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Daniel Stenberg 2009-04-30 08:30:52 +00:00
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@ -52,3 +52,18 @@ Downgrades
that doesn't support the options your application needs. Or possibly you that doesn't support the options your application needs. Or possibly you
even downgrade so far so you cross an ABI break border and thus a different even downgrade so far so you cross an ABI break border and thus a different
soname, and then your application may need to adapt to the modified ABI. soname, and then your application may need to adapt to the modified ABI.
History
The previous major library soname number bumps (breaking backwards
compatibility) have happened the following times:
0 - libcurl 7.1, August 200
1 - libcurl 7.5 December 2000
2 - libcurl 7.7 March 2001
3 - libcurl 7.12.0 June 2004
4 - libcurl 7.16.0 October 2006