On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > * LapTop006 [Sun, Aug 03 2003, 03:13:57PM]: > > > > IMHO we need to make an addition to policy stating that an old lib can > > > not be removed from the archive until no other packages still depend on > > > it. > > How about old libraries can not be removed until either no packages > > depend on it OR the author files RC bugs with any dependent pakcages > > (and hopefully waits for at least a day in case of any major problems)? > > Old libraries are removed since only one version can exist in the same > distro branch to the same time. If the library maintainer decided not to > fork the source package but change the binary package name inside of > existing three then he does not care about the users of his package. > Such actions (in-place transition) should always be done in coordination > with fellow developers as happened in the Perl transition, for example.
In this case, libexif8 -> libexif9, this is a major soname bump, so should have required a new source package. The maintainer was probably derelict in this case.
