> The Debian project even decided to override our decision “no, that is not an ABI breakage” and added a local patch in their build that lowered the SONAME numb

> The Debian project even decided to override our decision “no, that is not an ABI breakage” and added a local patch in their build that lowered the SONAME number back to 3 again in their builds. A patch they would stick to for many years to come. I get mad even reading about this. If I was in his shoes I'd demand they fork and rename their implementation. Too many times we hear about over zealous debian patches being the source is issues.