Re: possible mass-filing of bugs, continued, script refined: list of packages that apparently have disparity between package name and shared lib soname

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 04:47:29PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> On 05 Jun 2002 12:22:44 -0700
> Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "Junichi" == Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> writes:
> >     Junichi> I'm not just beating random drums, I'm fixing problems.
> >     Junichi> I'm automating process of checking for sonames, and to
> >     Junichi> enable that check, there are packages which are not
> >     Junichi> compliant which break the rule.
> > 
> > You keep talking about this "rule" like it's cast in stone.  Get
> > policy changed or quote existing chapter & verse and file bugs.
> 
> And you fail to read mail, which quoted the part for you.

Perhaps I missed it (the start of this thread was some time ago, and I'd
have to hunt through the archives), but I don't see anything in this
thread which quotes anything other than libpkg-guide.

In general I think there should be room for sensible maintainers to do
sensible things even if, say, they don't necessarily fit into a rigid
naming pattern. There's a fine line between specifying best practice for
those who don't know better and limiting the discretion of those who do.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]


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