On 2008-11-06 dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 08:33:08PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] >> I am reluctant >> to go immediately to unstable since it requires a shlibs bump due to >> an added function.
> I definitely wouldn't call myself a shared lib packaging expert, but > does adding a function really break the ABI? It shouldn't break > backwards compatibility, and anything newly built that may use the new > function should automatically get a versioned runtime dependency. [...] Hello, I totally agree with you on that point, sorry if I seemed to suggest otherwise. However I probably would not upload even just a shlibs bump (not a soname bump) without consulting the release team currently to unstable, since it would block dependencies from propagating to lenny. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
