Re: Changes in t1lib.
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 09:20:36PM +0100, Artur R. Czechowski wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 12:22:14PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:09:27PM +0100, Artur R. Czechowski wrote:
> > > I changed the naming scheme. All binary packages contain version in its
> > > name, i.e.: t1lib-dev is now named t1lib1-dev. Of course old packages are
> > Hmm. Why?
> Incompatibility in API. Software which want to use t1lib 5.x needs changes
> in source code.
>
> > It seems quite common to provide libxyz-dev which always matches the
> > latest libxyzN package, even when libxyz1 becomes libxyz2 etc.
> So, for now there is t1lib-dev which depends on t1lib1-dev. Any chages after
> sarge release (didn't I write it earlier?).
>
> > It also means that if package X doesn't require any particular version,
> You now know this is a false assumption.
OK, that makes sense. Thanks.
Hamish
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