Re: Bug#146786: debhelper: deb packages should contain SONAME
Sam Clegg wrote:
> Aren't dev packages supposed to contain the SONAME:
>
> libfoo0-dev (rather than libfoo-dev)
>
> And then:
>
> Conflicts: libfoo-dev
> Provides: libfoo-dev
>
> At least this is what the libpkg-guide says.
Why is this bug report filed on debhelper, which merely uses whatever
package names you give it?
To answer your question, it is appropriate to use libfoo-dev as a
package name if you intend to only ever support installing one version
of a -dev package at a time. Since it's easy enough to work things out
later if you change your mind (by introducing a libfoo2-dev), I'd
recommend starting with libfoo-dev, but that is up to the discretion of
the individual maintainer.
See policy 11.3, paragraph 3. I don't know what this libpkg-guide is,
but it needs to be fixed to not contradict policy.
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