[zeromq-dev] Why has the zeromq soname changed in 3.x and 4.x?

[Pieter Hintjens]

In commit 6f1d11, "Problem: 4.1 broke the ABI yet did not bump ABI
number" and then commit cac0f9
(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=743508).

The 4.1 breakage was the size of the zmq_msg_t I believe. A quick diff
of the API in zmq.h doesn't show other breaks. (Only new stuff.)
Arguably the ABI update wasn't justified.

The 3->4 update was probably justified, even though the methods
affected weren't core ones.


On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Dylan Cali <calid1984 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wanted to confirm that the ABI across zeromq 3 and 4 is compatible
> (i.e. new functions were only added, existing function
> signatures/semantics have not changed).
>
> If so, I'm curious why the soname major version has been updated,
> first from 3 -> 4, and now from 4 -> 5?  I thought soname major
> version changes should only be done to signify a new incompatible ABI,
> that is either existing signatures have changed, or existing semantics
> have changed.
>
> Thanks,
> Dylan
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