Brandon <winterknight@nerdshack.com> (10/09/2007): > I'm asking mostly for bug reporting. I don't maintain any libraries. > When I file a bug report against a library for breaking ABI > compatability without bumping the soname, do I report it as serious? > Or just important? What would the justification be for reporting as > serious if there is no policy regarding it? Yes, serious at least, but I'd even say “grave”: “renders package unusable” (by its dependencies) in reportbug. > I agree with that, at least somewhat. The problem is that some > excellent packages would not be able to make it into debian at all, > because they depend on a volatile library. You aren't speaking about the ffmpeg case, are you? Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois
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