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Re: libjpeg62-dev -> libjpeg-dev transition



On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Pierre Habouzit (madcoder@madism.org) [090919 01:08]:
> > I'll put blocks in my hint file to be sure that both those packages will
> > migrate in testing together (I'm unsure if britney is clever enough to
> > block them until all the binNMUs are done, I don't think it is). Then
> > please ask for binNMUs of all the package that B-D on libjpeg-dev. Then
> > we will let that migrate.
> 
> The question is: Are libjpeg62 and libjepg7 co-useable? (This only
> works if symbol versioning is turned on.)

And if symbol versioning is not turned on, wouldn't this be THE opportunity
to do so?  Libs that are used by other libs *really* ought to version their
symbols.

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