On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:48:45AM +0100, Edward Betts wrote: > Norbert Veber <nveber@debian.org> wrote: > > Every time you change the soname, and the new version is installed in the > > debian archive, the old one is removed. At that point 22 (at the latest > > count) different debian packages need to be recompiled. Some of them are > > quite large. > > Why is the old one removed? If we kept the libgal packages until nothing > depended on it, and then removed it we would not have a problem. I suppose it > is something to do with libgal-data. Because the packages are built from one source (gal), and it's a bit hard to keep two versions of the same source! But whether or not Debian should/could keep different versions of libgal, Norbert still has a valid point: sonames shouldn't change that often. Last week I packaged gnuvd-gnome, and at that time libgal9 was the most recent version. Yesterday Norbert filed a bug to inform me of the demise of libgal9 and rise of libgal11. I mean, come on, 2 new *MAJOR* versions of the same library in only ONE week?! What would you say if next week glibc 4 was packaged? Norbert, I fully agree with the email you drafted. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>
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