Raphael Hertzog, 2011-10-23 17:13:17 +0200 : [...]
> Unfortunately, blindly replacing the file with a symlink can > create problems of its own. Upstream tested their application > with the version of the library that they ship. Using another > version might break things horribly, an example here: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wordpress/+bug/816962 I don't do much library packaging myself, but it was my understanding that versions of libraries that break API/ABI are meant to go in different binary packages, usually with a version number in the package name. Javascript doesn't have an ABI, but libraries written in that language are still libraries, aren't they? Roland. -- Roland Mas That's one of the good fings about not existin'; they leave you alone most of the time. -- in My Hero (Tom Holt) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y5wbvi9s....@mirexpress.internal.placard.fr.eu.org
