Re: Upcoming changes to nss, what would you prefer ?
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 10:43:17AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Hi release managers,
>
> I would like to dump libsoftokn3.so.0d from the libnss3-0d package,
> because it is not a real library. Formerly, reverse dependencies had to
> link against it, because it wouldn't be loaded automatically. At some
> time, upstream made libnss3.so link against it, so that rdeps wouldn't
> need to link against it. With the upcoming 3.12 release, it's now even
> dlload()ed instead. The libsoftokn3.so file, still needed at runtime,
> would go in /usr/lib/nss.
>
> Anyways, there are 2 possibilities I see, and I would like you to tell
> me which one you'd prefer at the moment, because one could be disruptive
> with your current release plans.
>
> - Keep a dummy libsoftokn3.so.0d library.
> - Bump the SO version, and have the package become libnss3-1d.
FWIW, I'm going to do both at the same time: Bump the SO version and
keep a libnss3-0d package with a dummy libsoftokn3.so.0d and links to
the new -1d libraries.
Mike
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