We did not bump the shared library versions before the 7.1 release.
Maybe we should do this before 7.1.2 goes out.

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I thought I did that long ago for 7.1, or I should have anyway.  I don't
see the commits either.  Seems we can't do it in a minor release.  Will
have to wait for 7.2, but since there really wasn't much API change in
7.1, I think we are OK.  Not sure if we should update them if there are
no API changes, or were there?

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Ummm ... unless there are any changes that would require someone to
recompile their apps between v7.1.1 and v7.1.2, I don't think so ... they
we are just creating potential problems for those upgrading from
v7.1/v7.1.1 to the latest stable, where there are no changes ...

If we were to do it, it would have to be on the v7.x, not v7.x.y ...

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I agree, too late now.

Isn't there a checklist someplace of things to do while preparing a
release?  "Check shared library version numbers" should be on it...

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I'm talking about the minor number.  The only thing that effects is that
executables would pick up the new version if they have the old one in the
path as well, no potential problems.

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What we should have done is ask which API's changed for 7.1.  I know I
just changed the libpq++ API for 7.2.

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IMHO, it should only be changed if there are incompatibilities between
releases ... we modify the API, mainly ... anything more then that, and
we're making ppl recompile to pull in libraries that only unlying code has
changed, but not the API ...

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Yep, it is there in tools/RELEASE_CHANGES:

        * Version numbers
            configure.in
            doc/src/sgml/version.sgml
            bump interface version numbers
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            update src/interfaces/libpq/libpq.rc
            update /src/include/config.h.win32

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ISTM that you should read up on shared library versioning.

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I second that... if new functionality is added, bump the minor. If
functionality changes or is removed, bump the major.

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Okay, but, what does that buy you?  One overwrites the old library, the
other creates one that will over-ride the old library ... either way, you
are using the new library, no?

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