On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:51:50 +0100 Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote: > Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> (09/12/2008): > > > Please file a bug about this. > > > > Umm, I'll try. I'm not sure exactly what that bug report should say! > > Kind of new to all this Debian packaging stuff (as of this time last > > week I knew nothing about it!). > > Short version: “Fix your shlibs.” > > Slightly longer version: “Remember to bump your shlibs whenever > symbols get added. Please fix.” > > People that maintain libraries should be able to cope with the shorter > version. If they don't, they probably shouldn't maintain libraries, or > should be mentored for that particular matter. Cyril, we've had this discussion before - merely adding symbols does NOT require a SONAME bump. Take a look at glib2.0, libgtk+2.0 and libqof1 - symbols are added all the time and all that is needed is a versioned build-depends and a versioned runtime shlib dependency. > In that case, one would be pretty welcome to check one's findings > against the packages that are actually in the archive. In this > particular case, as pointed out by Paul, the bug is present in the > packages shipped by Debian, so let's report it. I doubt that - merely adding a new symbol is NOT a bug, let alone release-critical. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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