Re: strict shlibs relations (Re: Accepted plib1.5 1.5.0-3 (i386 source)) (was: Bug#144668: plib1.5: shlibs are overly restrictive)
Hi Junichi
Am Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 02:23:29AM +0900 hat Junichi Uekawa getippert:
> Philipp Frauenfelder <philipp.frauenfelder@swissonline.ch> cum veritate scripsit:
> > I agree, same x.y numbered libraries should be binary
> > compatible. That's what I would expect from a stable release.
> > But beware, plib1.5 is the unstable / development release of
> > plib. I expect them to break binary compatibility from release
> > to release. And if you really need to link against such a
> > library with a locally built binary, you should be aware of
> > this too.
>
> I have an impression that you are planning to release this
> package into woody.
I thought so, yes.
> The worst case scenario is:
>
> If woody+1 will release with plib version 1.5.2,
> as plib1.5. The binaries compiled on woody would no longer work.
That would not be a good thing. The user could still use the
package from woody, though...
The other thing is: if I would package 1.5.0, 1.5.1 and so on in
seperate packages, it would be nice of me to provide some sort
of upgrade path. Ie. a conflicts, replaces sort of thing.
Otherwise, some user would not note that a new version of the
package is around. If I do that, we are in the same problem
again, aren't we?
> I think there is no need to restrict the upper bound to
> the version number. There is a need to change the package name.
I don't really see the need. But if you are worried to much, I
could try to get the unstable version out of woody. The only
package which currently depends on plib1.5 is tux-aqfh. I tried
to compile it with the stable release of plib and it worked fine
on my machine.
Regards
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