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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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