-dnl for the linker to understand which version the library is compatible with
-dnl we must keep a separate library version cout of the format c:r:a if any
-dnl functionality is changed do c++ prior to release
-dnl if only implementation changed but all interfaces are kept, do r++
-dnl when only functionality was added, do a++ if any functionality was
-dnl removed do a=0.
+dnl for the linker to understand which versions the library are compatible with
+dnl each other we must keep a separate library version cout of the format c:r:a.
+dnl - if only implementation changed but all interfaces are kept, do r++
+dnl - if only functionality was added do c++,r=0,a++
+dnl - if any functionality was removed do c++,r=0,a=0.