On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Matthias Klose <d...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > so this did change the soname for libgo to 5 on the trunk, and to 4 on the > branch. We had this discussion before, and then decided to revert this kind > of > change on the 4.7 branch. This time the release notes had a hint that the Go > support would be updated to v1.1 in a bug fix release, so maybe it is ok. > Will > this the only soname bump on the way to Go 1.1 support, or are there more > changes/version bumps planned on this way?
Yes, exactly, I've been promising Go 1.1 support on the 4.8 branch, so I think this change is necessary. The change in type layout makes the library incompatible for functions that take function arguments. Sorry for not calling it out. This is the only soname bump planned. Ian
