Re: C++ transition stumbling blocks?
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:24:11PM +0100, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> Yes, I already figured they are not the nicest guys wrt sonames &
> stuff. However, don't you think this is a more reasonable solution:
>
> * id3lib source
> - libid3-3.7-WHATEVER binary
>
> * id3lib3.8 source (note the missing 0)
> - libid3-3.8-WHATEVER binary
Absolutely not.
> I still think you should dump the id3lib3.8.0 source in favor of a
> id3lib3.8 one - it simply makes no sense to have a new *source*
> package name for each *micro* version.
You still don't get it - please do not NMU id3lib. You *will* break it.
There's nothing quite like merging patches when you're feeling faint
but you've certainly given me the motivation to try.
Upon source package upgrade, dinstall removes the old binary package.
Otherwise you'd have packages in the archive that have no corresponding
source.
--
Robert Woodcock - rcw@debian.org
"* We used to try various strange things. Let's not."
-- seen in linux/fs/buffer.c
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