Re: [patch] [java] bump libgcj soname

On Jan 3, 2016, at 9:34 AM, Matthias Klose <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03.01.2016 17:23, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> On 03/01/16 15:52, Matthias Klose wrote:
>>> No, libgcj versions up to 4.9.3 didn't change the value for releases taken from
>>> the same branch. All of 4.9.0, 4.9.1, 4.9.2, 4.9.3 have the same
>>> GCJ_CXX_ABI_VERSION. But 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 have *different* GCJ_CXX_ABI_VERSIONs.
>>> 
>>>>> Why change this rule now, at this stage of GCJ's life?
>>> This was changed by the change of the version schema, an unintential change for
>>> GCJ_CXX_ABI_VERSION.  I want to keep it that way, not change it with every
>>> release from the gcc-5 branch.
>> 
>> Because effectively we've done an arithmetic shift left on the GCC version
>> numbering, I guess?  So where we would have had 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, we now
>> have 5.1, 5.2, 5.3?
> 
> yes, exactly.

But, isn’t there a trunk version of this patch?  I mean, the same issue applies to it and gcc 6, gcc 7 and gcc 8, no?