Re: transition: libcurl3 -> libcurl4
On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:41:10PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> > > so it would be:
> > > libcurl4-dev provide: libcurl-dev
> > > libcurl4-openssl-dev provide: libcurl-dev, libcurl-ssl-dev, libcurl3-openssl-dev
> > > libcurl4-gnutls-dev provide: libcurl-dev, libcurl-ssl-dev, libcurl3-gnutls-dev
> > > libcurl-dev and libcurl-ssl-dev are already in place since the
> > > non-ssl/ssl scission, long time ago.
> > > my intention is to add also a non-ssl libcurl flavour with
> > > libcurl4-dev. libcurl3-dev has been a transition package to install
> > > libcurl3-openssl-dev. hence those depending on libcurl3-dev instead of
> > > libcurl3-openssl would have a bug.
> > That's incredibly lame, given that libcurl3-dev is what most packages
> > build-depend on (62 out of 73, according to 'dak rm'). My entire point was
> > that you shouldn't break your library's reverse-dependencies without reason!
> libcurl4-openssl-dev should provide also libcurl3-dev, ok?
That sounds good, thanks.
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