Re: Slink to potato upgrade
On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Joel Klecker wrote:
> At 22:53 +0000 1999-03-21, Kevin Dalley wrote:
> >old libraries, and the libraries need a new soname.
>
> This will *not* happen, period.
>
> >Our job is to decide whether we need a new soname, then strongly
> >encourage other Linux vendors to support our decision. We shouldn't
> >make a bad decision just to join the crowd.
>
> My package, my decision. My decision: no.
>
> >Of course, if libc2.1 can be fixed, we don't need to worry about this
> >issue.
>
> Prove it is broken first.
Joel, will you *please* give some technical arguments, and stop jumping on
your authority as package developer.
I respect you greatly for packaging what is certainly one of the most
important, and most troublesome, packages in Debian. However, I'd like to
know what to do about:
libglib
elm
..which are the breakages in main that I've heard of. Note that libglib
has a knock-on effect onto dozens of packages.
Jules
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