MySQL Bugs: #77544: Increase libmysqlclient patch number for each server release

Bug #77544	Increase libmysqlclient patch number for each server release
Submitted:	29 Jun 2015 14:09	Modified:	14 Jul 2015 14:11
Reporter:	Norvald Ryeng	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: C API (client library)	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.7.8	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Currently, it's not possible to see from the version number which library is the newest if the major and minor numbers are unchanged (i.e., the ABI is unchanged). Still, the library may contain bug fixes that don't change the ABI, and it would be useful to identify which version of the library is installed.

How to repeat:
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Suggested fix:
Bump the version number for each release. To make it easy, start with using the patch number from the server version number as the patch number of the library version.

Noted in 5.7.8, 5.8.0 changelogs.

The patch number of the C client library is now increased for each
patch version of the server. This number has the format
major.minor.patch.