On linux, follow the linux standard library versioning.

[PerryWerneck]

On linux build follow the standard library versioning for the name and soname of the library. This format makes easier for packaging it in rpm, deb, etc and, the most important, for software maintainers or developers (like myself) to cross-compile their applications to windows msix packages.

Some documentation about it can be found at https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Shared_library_packaging_policy