On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 20:24:09 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote: > Package: tech-ctte > > I filed bug #700677 because ntfs-3g has a shared library that ubuntu's > testdisk links to, but it does not follow the SONAME rules. It seems > that upstream breaks ABI on every release, and the maintainer feels > that the library is not intended for other packages to link to, and > therefore, does not have to comply with section 8.1 of the policy manual.
I would have thought that the correct place to discuss confusing sections or possible interpretations of the policy manual would be the policy mailing list, where improvements could get proposed if the manual ends up not being clear. I guess I've been wrong all along, and the correct way for the project is to go through the Authority... Sigh, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
