On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:06:50 +0100 Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org> wrote: > | If there are development files associated with a shared > | library, the source package needs to generate a binary > | development package named libraryname-dev, or if you > | need to support multiple development versions at a time, > | librarynameAPIVERSION-dev. I'd suggest to additionally add *why* unversioned -dev packages are preferred: | Note that using an unversioned package name like libraryname-dev | often allows simpler transitions, because depending packages that | just need recompilation against the new APIVERSION can be upgraded | via binNMU, e.g. by the release team. I'm new to packaging and it took a lot of asking around to find out about the *why* ;-) > Ansgar -- Yours sincerely, Tim Janik https://testbit.eu/timj/ Free software author and speaker.
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