Re: Slink to potato upgrade

["James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>]

Kevin Dalley <kevin@seti-inst.edu> writes:
>
>ijr@po.cwru.edu writes:
>
>> On 21-Mar-99 Kevin Dalley wrote:
>> > We have to allow both glibc2 and glib2.1
>> > to be installed at the same time.  We should change the soname for
>> > glib2.1. 
>> > ...
>> 
>> Erm, wouldn't this have the side effect of breaking binary
>> compatibility with every other soon to be glibc2.1 distribution?
>> Wouldn't this be a BAD thing?
>
>Yes, it would be a bad thing.  But if the binaries are not compatible,
>it is the only option.  The other distributions should make the same
>decision.  Perhaps we can fix the libraries so that they are truly
>compatible.  We have some time.

Let's use some of that time to open a dialog with Red Hat.

	       - Jim Van Zandt