.la archives are prohibited by most Linux distributions because they
clutter up the linker. They may get caught up as victims in scripts that
purge .la files. Besides, .la files don't matter for simple loadable
modules on most systems.
So, what we do now instead is just use the platform suffix detected by
libtool.
Also fix up some return values and stuff to use bool (or void if
nothing). I just did it whilst I was here.
According to jilles, the return value used to signify whether or not the
client had exited. This was error-prone and was fixed a long, long time
ago, but the return value was left int for historical reasons.
Since the return type is not used (and has no clear use case anyway),
it's safe to just get rid of it.
MAPI V1 is still supported for legacy modules, but it is highly
recommended to update to MAPI V2. It includes support for capability
tables, module descriptions, and implicit versions.
