RFE: Raise an exception if abidiff finds new symbols and the full name hasn't incremented its version

[gordonmessmer]

I'm developing a new feature for rpm that will provide versioned dependencies for libraries that don't provide versioned symbols. This feature is intended to make selective updates and package installation more reliable. In order to support that feature, I would like rpminspect's abidiff test to optionally provide a non-passing result if new symbols are found, but the version of the "full name" of the library hasn't incremented.

rpm-software-management/rpm#2372

I'm willing to work on such a feature. What would an acceptable submission look like?

[dcantrell]

I think this can just be an extension to the existing abidiff inspection. If the functionality is optional, it's likely worth adding a setting for it in the config file so that users can enable it or disable it. I would add that under the abidiff section. In the abidiff inspection, you would act if that setting is enabled and then do the checking and reporting for each shared object.