Re: -dev package descriptions

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> 	If this package is installed, code using liblzma
> 	should build, provided its other compile-time dependencies
> 	are satisfied as well.
>
> I tried “This package provides files needed to build software using
> liblzma”, but that seems to leave open the possibility that other
> files might be needed, too.

A simple grammatical fix comes to mind:

    This package provides the development library needed to develop
    programs using liblzma.

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Ben Finney