Re: [DebianGIS] Re: gdal
On 12/16/05, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
> > The C++ API is essentially incompatible for every release, and I
> > deliberately choose not to indicate this in the soname.
>
> Not so good. If this is the case, the library package name need to
> change with every upstream release, and the soname with it. If this
> isn't done, all programs using the C++ ABI might crash with the
> upgraded library, and such problems should be documented using package
> dependencies. Doing that require that the library package change
> names.
Petter,
Well, I won't dictate policy for the debian packaging, but it is
my position that applications not wanting to be tightly bound to
GDAL should use the C API.
Best regards,
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