Bug#700759: Shared library policy on private libs

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 20:24:09 -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Package: tech-ctte
> 
> I filed bug #700677 because ntfs-3g has a shared library that ubuntu's
> testdisk links to, but it does not follow the SONAME rules.  It seems
> that upstream breaks ABI on every release, and the maintainer feels
> that the library is not intended for other packages to link to, and
> therefore, does not have to comply with section 8.1 of the policy manual.

I would have thought that the correct place to discuss confusing
sections or possible interpretations of the policy manual would be
the policy mailing list, where improvements could get proposed if the
manual ends up not being clear. I guess I've been wrong all along,
and the correct way for the project is to go through the Authority...

Sigh,
Guillem