Re: testing, unstable, and dependencies
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 04:50:54PM +0100, guenter geiger <geiger@xdv.org> was heard to say:
> > Why is it important to link against libnpg3 ?
>
> I don't have time to answer right now, so I suggest searching for
> libpng3 (and possibly "debacle" or "fiasco") on debian-devel. I'll
> answer in more detail later.
Ok, searching, so you can keep your answer general, I rephrase to
"Why is it important to link against libfoo3 ..." :)
> Bear in mind while reading the above that Build-Dependencies are
> dependencies for the *Debian package*, not for the software, and that
> their most important use is for autobuilders.
Ok, this, in turn means that there is no need for making backporting
easier, even for those packages where it would be possible.
Guenter
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