Re: libraries being removed from the archive
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * LapTop006 [Sun, Aug 03 2003, 03:13:57PM]:
>
> > > IMHO we need to make an addition to policy stating that an old lib can
> > > not be removed from the archive until no other packages still depend on
> > > it.
> > How about old libraries can not be removed until either no packages
> > depend on it OR the author files RC bugs with any dependent pakcages
> > (and hopefully waits for at least a day in case of any major problems)?
>
> Old libraries are removed since only one version can exist in the same
> distro branch to the same time. If the library maintainer decided not to
> fork the source package but change the binary package name inside of
> existing three then he does not care about the users of his package.
> Such actions (in-place transition) should always be done in coordination
> with fellow developers as happened in the Perl transition, for example.
In this case, libexif8 -> libexif9, this is a major soname bump, so should
have required a new source package. The maintainer was probably derelict in
this case.
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