On lun, 2004-07-12 at 17:12 +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > The problem: the libgtkhtml3.x-y packages are always removed when a new > version is beeing uploaded. This behaviour is totaly stupid, it breaks > every package depending on the particular (SONAMEd) library package. For > example, this hits gtk-sharp the second time and now we have to make an > upload for no reason just to fix the dependency. Of course they are always removed: they all come from the same source package. And sometimes, the soname of a library changes, which means you have to rebuild all packages using it. This is the case for many libraries with an unstable ABI in Debian. > So now, Takuo, please listen and speak after me: WE DO NOT REMOVE > PACKAGES WHEN OTHERS DEPEND ON THEM. There is simply no reason, the > archive works fine if there are two versions of libgtkhtml-dev, just the > newer one is used. You do NOT need to remove them. If you feel that it > is neccessary, do at least contact the users of your package > (grep-available -F Depends libgtkhtml | grep Maintainer | sort -u) and > tell them about what you are going to do. Are you asking to have a new source package at each SONAME change? Except in some rare cases (e.g. libpng), that's a very bad idea. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : josselin.mouette@ens-lyon.org `. `' joss@debian.org `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
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