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RELEASING: update symbol handling description for current practice.

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We really did bump SONAME, and we probably will again, but not just
for a simple symbol addition.

Debian versions generally need to be removed from symbols file; this
wasn't a problem before because there was no Debian versions
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David Bremner 2011-11-16 07:21:35 -04:00
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@ -21,31 +21,26 @@ repository. From here, there are just a few steps to release:
See the instructions there for how to increment it.
The version should have been updated with any commits that
added API, but do check that that is the case. The command
below can be useful for inspecting header-file changes since
the last release X.Y:
added API _in a non-upwardly compatible_ way, but do check
that that is the case. The command below can be useful for
inspecting header-file changes since the last release X.Y:
git diff X.Y..HEAD -- lib/notmuch.h
Note: We currently don't plan to increment
LIBNOTMUCH_VERSION_MAJOR beyond 1, so if there *are*
incompatible changes to the library interface, then
stop. Don't release. Figure out the plan on the notmuch
mailing list.
Commit this change, if any.
3) Update the debian/libnotmuch1.symbols file
3) Update the debian/libnotmuchX.symbols file
If the library version changed at all (step 2) it probably
means that symbols have changed/been added, in which case the
debian symbols file also needs to be updated:
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
dpkg-gensymbols -plibnotmuch1 | patch -p0
dpkg-gensymbols -plibnotmuchX | patch -p0
Carefully review the changes to debian/libnotmuch1.symbols to
make sure there are no unexpected changes.
make sure there are no unexpected changes. Remove any debian
versions from symbols.
Commit this change, if any.