On 2006-06-24 John Belmonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andreas Metzler wrote: >> However for gnutls libgnutls-dev is no virtual package but a real one, >> there is no libgnutls13-dev. So it would not be xmlsec1 not implementing >> DLP but gnutls.
> I see. So why has gnutls removed the sonumber from the -dev package? That happened before we took over the package, but afaiui gnutls simply is supposed to have a reached a state where the API should not break. > It may make your transitions appear easier in that you don't have to > rely on dependent packages to change their BD, but will create other > problems. If there is a major API change in the future that takes > upstream packages a few years to migrate to, Debian will be stuck > because we can't support build depends for two versions in the same > archive. I cannot see unsurmountable problems actually. If gnutls15 breaks the api in an incompatible way, we can still switch: Package: libgnutls15-dev Conflicts: libgnutls-dev and the old libgnutls-dev would simply need to have a Conflict with libgnutls15-dev added. cu andreas -- The 'Galactic Cleaning' policy undertaken by Emperor Zhark is a personal vision of the emperor's, and its inclusion in this work does not constitute tacit approval by the author or the publisher for any such projects, howsoever undertaken. (c) Jasper Ffforde -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
