Include version number in SONAME of .so files

[davidcorrie]

To make version management easier in linux, it would be good to set the SONAME for the library. At present there is no version included in .so files:

# objdump -p /usr/lib64/libaws-cpp-sdk-core.so | grep SONAME
  SONAME               libaws-cpp-sdk-core.so

This can be achieved via cmake’s SOVERSION property:
set_property(TARGET bar PROPERTY SOVERSION XXXXX)

The SOVERSION ought to be updated when a binary incompatible change to the library occurs, commonly done in-step with updating the major version of the library:
http://pusling.com/blog/?p=352

[marcomagdy]

That's a fair ask, we'll get that queued up. Thank you

[github-actions]

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