Quoting Alec Leamas (2021-09-25 18:23:42) > On 25/09/2021 18:04, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Alec Leamas (2021-09-25 17:47:04) > >> > >> So, the question: would it be acceptable to bundle the wxWidgets > >> 3.1.5 sources in next OpenCPN release in such a situation? > >> > > > > How do you and OpenCPN upstream expect to handle bugs for that > > specific embedded version of wxWidgets? > > > > Sounds more sensible to me to (coordinate with wxwidgets maintainers > > to have) wxWidgets 3.1.x packaged as a separate package, tracked > > with its proper upstream source. Then when we get near freeze it > > can be assessed how many of the wxWidgets branches we want to > > include with the upcoming stable Debian release - and include in > > that assessment how many packages reverse-depend on each. > > > My thinking so far has been that a wxWidgets 3.1.5 package just isn't > possible since there is no ABI stability guarantee. Am I wrong?
Lack of stable ABI means that each library change may require recompilation of reverse dependencies. This can be handled in packaging either by declaring tight dependencies (see e.g. `man dh_shlibdeps`), or by tracking library symbols and use those to resolve dependencies (see e.g. https://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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