At Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:59:24 -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > I cannot find out why `libdb-3' is used and spreaded over the gnome > > packages. Naming soname is sensitive issue, IMHO. > > As I said the *upstream* soname is libdb-3.so, and Debian's soname is > libdb3.so.3. The former is not very conformant to soname schemes, the > latter is. Gnome can use whatever it wants to link with it, but the > soname is still libdb3.so.3.
Thanks for your explanation, Ben. I understand. In addition, I insist that all gnome developer should use `libdb3' instead of `libdb-3'. Yes, there is no problem in binary's soname compatibility, but db-3 is not appropriate name, the reason is said above by Ben. Regards, -- GOTO Masanori
