Re: Need help with SONAME and dcmtk package

[Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Manuel Prinz <manuel@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:37:22AM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> So I have updated the debian/rules files to properly pass a version 2
>> (instead of 1) to the compilation flags. What else should I be
>> changing: libdcmtk1 should now be libdcmtk2 ? Do I need to explicitely
>> add new conflicts in the control file ?
>
> You probably should do so. It's also recommended in the library packaging
> guide:
>
> http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#binarycompat

Excellent ! Thanks for the link.

> In any case should you coordinate the upload with the release team as it
> will involve a library transition. It's also advisable to build all packages
> depending on your library with the new version and watch out for problems.
> Or you can upload to unstable and ask the maintainers of those packages to
> test it for you.

Your last suggestion looks much easier. Did you actually mean unstable
or rather experimental upload ?

-- 
Mathieu