Re: Multiarch file overlap summary and proposal

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2012-02-14 15:28 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Guillem Jover writes:
>
>> This still does not solve the other issues I listed, namely binNMUs
>> have to be performed in lock-step, more complicated transitions /
>> upgrades.
>
> I don't think I see where this is coming from.  Are you talking about
> variation in gzip output ?  Given the evidence we've seen here, in
> practice I think that is not going to be a problem.  Certainly it
> won't demand that binNMUs be performed in lock-step.

Guillem is referring to the need to to keep package versions in sync
across architectures, pretty much a necessity if you permit shared
files.

Cheers,
       Sven