[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 03/48] libmultipath: add optional wakeup functionality to lock.c

[Benjamin Marzinski]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 10:01:34PM +0100, Martin Wilck wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> On Wed, 2021-12-15 at 08:33 +0100, Martin Wilck wrote:
> > 
> > I just wanted to say that my previous argument that addition or
> > removal
> > of symbols can be ignored was wrong, and that we should keep the
> > treatment of minor versions as originally designed. I am fine with us
> > not touching the .version files while we work on new patch sets, and
> > leaving it to the person perparing a PR for Christope (likely myself)
> > to fix it up when a patch series is finished. In practice, it'll
> > probably result in just a major version bump per submission to
> > Christophe, but that isn't cast in stone (if we submit a smaller set
> > of
> > patches, it might be just a minor bump, or none at all).
> > 
> > Distros are free to modify the last digit as they please.
> 
> Here's what I think I should do: I'll keep one patch on top of the
> "queue" branch that includes the necessary ABI bumps. I'll fix this
> patch up as commits are added to "queue". This means the queue branch
> (more precisely, the topmost commit) will need to be rebased. It won't
> be a problem as this commit will only touch the .version files, nothing
> else. This way builds from "queue" will be "safe" against library
> incompatibilities wrt the official release, and yet we won't need to
> bump the major version multiple times for a single submission to
> Christophe. Submissions to Christophe will come with either no bump, or
> a single-step minor bump, or a single-step major bump.
> 
> Does this make sense?
> 
Sure. I'm fine with that.

-Ben

> Regards
> Martin