Re: Once again: libc6 packages compatibility etc...

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > If I follow Brian's idea I will have the following:
> >
> >       libgmp1_1.3.2-6         libc5 version
> >       libgmp1-dev_1.3.2-6
> > and
> >       gmp2_2.0.2-3            libc6 version
> >       gmp-dev_2.0.2-3
> >
> > These can both reside in the libs section without confusion, since they
> > will clearly be in seperate portions of the list.
> >
> > Doesn't this remove the need for the g and alt identifier strings?
> 
> Yes, but I think it would be a bad idea to deviate from -altdev at
> this point.  Telling users some "altdev" packages use -altdev while
> some others use -dev would probably only confuse them more than they
> already will be.

This would be a much bigger problem with a released distribution.  Since
hamm is still "unstable", only developers and other suckers for punishment
are currently using it.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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