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Re: Library naming


>But the guile interpreter that uses the library should have a version in
>it's name, shouldn't it?  ie. so executables named guile1.2 and guile1.3 
>could be installed at the same time -- and the guile executable would 
>just be a symlink.  Right?

Yep.  Emacs does this, and I think it's a nice touch.  Would you be
able to implement this?  It might take a little arguing with automake.

>I guess I could do that easily when I create a package for it.  Or is
>everything so upwardly compatible that I shouldn't worry about that?

Hah.  Hah, I say.