Re: BinNMU for libjpeg8 transition
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:45:50PM +0100, Luk Claes wrote:
> Bill Allombert wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:40:22PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> >> On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 03:27:06PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> >>> jpeg8 is now in testing and libterralib and sdop has been fixed already,
> >>> so I would like to start the transition by uploading a version of
> >>> libjpeg8-dev that provides libjpeg-dev.
> >> Accordingly, and unless directed otherwise, I will upload a version of
> >> libjpeg8-dev that provides libjpeg-dev on Sunday.
> >
> > Done in version libjpeg8-dev 8-2.
>
> What's the reason there is a conflict? Are they having common files or
> do you just want them to not be coinstallable?
Both libjpeg8-dev and libjpeg62-dev contains the same filenames, with
different content (e.g. /usr/lib/libjpeg.a)
> Is libjpeg8-dev really API incompatible or is it just nice to have
> another name?
It is API compatible. As I said, I have rebuilt locally the 311 packages
that build-depends on libjpeg62-dev against libjpeg8-dev, so there is no
risk of API incompatibility.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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