Can't shared libraries be versioned and applications
semi-firmly tied to a version, for as long as that
version is the recommended version?
I remember the Amiga library system was like that, you opened a
library with a version number as the minimum version you required and
the copyversion command would not replace a library if the new one was
a lower version.
Microsoft with .NET has moved to this standard as well (Sing along,
everything old is new again). Anyway, all versions of .NET libraries
are available so an application is always tied to a library version.
I think they go one step further and sign the libraries with the
version as well but they are a paranoid bunch.
