Re: versioned libraries dependencies
Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>> Yes I understood correctly. But it is not necessary to make it mandatory
>> since it really depends on applications. Those which are source compatible
>> won't require it.
>
> Err, ... it is about libraries, not applications. And the idea is to
> bump the virtual provide version when an incompatibility is added. I
> know you will know that the current version is source compatible with
> the previous one, but how can you now it will be source compatible with
> the next version ?
When building a new version of the application depending on the
said library. So, the -dev packages don't need such trick.
> Also, i am not entirely sure that source compatibility is enough in this
> case, not sure though.
However, after thinking a bit more, the non-dev packages may need
a version number in the package name, because of .so files.
We are not sure about binary compatibily are we?
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Jérôme Marant
http://marant.org
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