On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:33 AM Patrick Matthäi <pmatth...@debian.org>
wrote:

> Hola,
> Am 24.12.2018 um 12:44 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
>
> > Perhaps znc could Provide: znc-plugin-$somenumber, which could be used by
>
>> > out-of-tree plugins? Adding the znc maintainers to the loop for their
>> input
>>
>> That's being used successfully by some packages ...
>>
>
> I'm creating a new bug for tracking this (better) solution.
>
>
> I dont know how this would help now after the relaxed dependency from
> znc-backlog, because..:
>
> * on changes znc-backlog still needs a binNMU or code changes, like now
>

Right. But the current solution is still suboptimal. For example, if you
upload a new package changing only metadata (say, the Vcs-* fields),
znc-backlog would need a binNMU. In the more general case, a new upstream
version of znc might not break the plugin ABI.


> * I can provide a znc-plugin-$foobar package, but who ensures at an non
> stable api, if a change is necessary or not? I think it will make it more
> complicated or is there a nice solution for it?
>
Indeed, this implies a lot more work for you.

-- 

Saludos,
Felipe Sateler

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