Re: Bug#440577: libdkim-dev: Package namespace conflict
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 06:33:51PM -0700, Mike Markley <mike@markley.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:46:18PM +0200, Magnus Holmgren <magnus@kibibyte.se> wrote:
> > Both dkim-milter and libdkim builds libdkim-dev, and libdkim0 and libdkim2
> > conflict too, even though the names aren't completely identical. As I
> > explained when dkim-milter was first packaged, I'm not completely foreign to
> > dropping Alt-N's libdkim altogether, but the issue should be properly
> > discussed first.
>
> Somehow I'd had a brainlapse and forgotten about this issue before
> uploading the new packages; entirely my fault.
>
> If you still see value in the AltN library, I'm happy to rename my
> packages (probably to something like libdkim-sendmail or libsmdkim or
> the like). We'll still need to decide about library names, but I don't
> see that you need to drop your packages unless they're completely
> unnecessary.
I haven't heard anything back, so I'll assume that you continue to plan
to maintain the existing libdkim. My current plan is to do the rename
as described above; input from debian-devel is welcomed (but I'm not
subscribed, so please Cc: me).
--
Mike Markley <mike@markley.org>
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