On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 09:57:21AM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> The problem is that I forgot to do that when the 4.7 branch was
> created. So the 4.7 branch and the 4.6 branch were using the same
> SONAME although they had completely different ABIs.
>
> That is, there is no ABI change on the 4.7 branch. I'm setting the
> SONAME to distinguish it from the 4.6 branch.
>
> I agree is not ideal but it seems like the best approach under the
> circumstances.
I think it is too late for such a change on the 4.7 branch, better
just say that the go support in 4.6 is experimental, without stable ABI,
otherwise there will be ABI incompatibility also on the 4.7 branch
between patchlevel versions thereof.
Jakub
