Re: [2001-11-29] Freeze Update

[Richard Atterer <deb-devel@list.atterer.net>]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 02:42:52PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> If all uploaded packages were built against testing libraries,
> nothing would be built against unstable libraries.
> 
> If nothing is built against unstable libraries, then the unstable
> libraries aren't being tested.
> 
> If they aren't tested, they should never be moved to testing!!!

Hm - surely even if a package has been built against libs in testing,
people running unstable *will* test the package's apps with any new
lib versions that are uploaded to unstable?!

[snip]
> Libraries in unstable have to be tested, so packages must be built
> against them.

I'd be inclined to say instead: Library APIs must be backward
compatible under normal circumstances, so if a new lib version breaks
apps compiled against old lib versions, this is bound to be a bug in
the lib, not the app. Consequently, it is OK if the app has already
moved to testing by the time the problem with the new lib turns up.

Cheers,

  Richard

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