> I'm curious as to why the minor numbers of the shared libraries
> aren't changing?

because, basically, it's a pain in the butt for users to change
them frequently.

> My understanding of the numbers are that the
> major number should be incremented when the functionality of
> the library changes (i.e. new functions added/deleted), while
> the minor number should be incremented when bugs are fixed.

this is true, give or take.  i think the minor number should
be incremented only when *major* bugs are fixed.  Otherwise,
you end up with too many random library versions hanging around.



cgd

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