Versioning and File Names

Versioning and File Names

The C++ REST SDK uses the following naming convention for DLL, LIB and PDB files:

<name><vs_version>[os_flavor]_<library_version>.<extension>

• <name>: The name of the file, for now is cpprest .
• <vs_version>: The name of the version of Visual Studio, 110 (Visual Studio 2012) or 120 (Visual Studio 2013).
• [os_flavor] (optional): The flavor of the targeted operating system or runtime, such as d_xp for Debug in XP and _app for Release in winrt (note leading underscore).
• <library_version>: the underscore-separated library version major and minor values, such as 2_0. The C++ REST SDK library version is a triplet of {major , minor, revision}.
  • The revision changes are for small incremental fixes not requiring binary and source breaking changes. The revision therefore does not contribute to the library name.
  • The minor version change might require a source breaking change and almost certainly a binary breaking change.
  • The major version change occurs as a result of the addition (or deprecation) of major features and API sets.
• <extension>: one of dll, lib or pdb.