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Re: Testing migration doesn't check build-depends?



On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 07:57:53PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> If that's all what Steve meant, I'm not convinced that checking build-deps 
> would make testing transitions "far more brittle". I *guess* it would make 
> transitions at worst 20% harder.

20% harder is at least 30% too much.

> IMHO transitions are going fairly well currently. Symbols files support in 
> dpkg-shlibdeps made it easier and will continue to make it easier.

Symbols files are all but irrelevant to soname transitions, which are the
kind of transitions that cause problems.

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