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



Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:

> we can drop the altdev and libc5 support in 2.1, at least the
> development stuff.

That depends on how ubiquitous libc6 is when 2.1 comes out.

> the postifx "g" can only go away with new major versions
> (a libc5 and a libc6 version may never have the same package name).

More accurately, with new sonames.  This is already true with ncurses.


Guy


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