Allow third parties to externally override SOVERSION #6534
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Debian and other third-party packagers might need or want to patch our sources for a variety of reasons. In those cases, they might also need to override the SOVERSION.
See here for a practical example:
https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-llvm-team/halide/-/blob/f881de70cd83095053e13047b63f61faf6bc7a36/debian/patches/0006-Fixup-libhalide-version-soversion-for-debian-package.patch
ATTN @LebedevRI