-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 José Luis Tallón <jltal...@adv-solutions.net> (12/07/2009): > > Various issues: > > - libconfig8 conflicts against libconfig6. Coinstallability is the > > whole point of changing package name… > > > Well... this version does break ABI (and makes some changes at the API > level, IIRC) ... and the conflicts is there to try and have dpkg > replace the older package.
??? Until applications are rebuilt against the new library, the old library can be kept, see the NEEDED sections in the binaries. Once the package is no longer needed/obsolete, the package manager should do its job and propose its removal. > > - why having a versioned -dev is you only support one version at a > > time? > Best Current Practice No. The usecase if having sourceM and sourceN building each libfooM and libfooN plus libfooM-dev and libfooN-dev. One single version at a time → no version for the -dev. > > - get rid of the .la, or put it in the -dev package. Make your > > libraries co-installable! > > > Any recommendation here? Aren't we supposed to be all migrating to > pkg-config anyway? Check that your rdeps still build if you drop the .la. If that's the case, drop them. > Mind sponsoring the new version? I think I've wasted enough time, and I'll leave that up to your sponsor. Happy fixing. Mraw, KiBi. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpbfVIACgkQeGfVPHR5Nd3ZGACeOYaxUmX6rb3cEu7fpUZTs4no wYoAn2FOGJwhljubYR+cDvfZWUCFqENY =KrLY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
