Re: Version specific packages

To: Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>, debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Version specific packages
From: Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:30:06 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 19980708213006.C30663@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE>
Reply-to: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 199807081438.KAA19168@mixing.qc.dfo.ca>; from Peter S Galbraith on Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 10:38:13AM -0400
References: <[🔎] 199807081438.KAA19168@mixing.qc.dfo.ca>

The question is, is it useful to carry several versions of gri?  For
normal programs/libraries it isn't useful.  Emacs is an exception
because 19.x and 20.x are different classes.  Some Emacs programs
only work with 19.x or 20.x.  Same goes for the kernel.

Regards,

	Joey

-- 
The only stupid question is the unasked one.

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