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Re: freeze exceptions: qpdf, tiff



On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 09:08:36 -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:

> Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 16:27:13 -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> >
> >> For qpdf, this is a new upstream version that is binary compatible with
> >> the old one.  qpdf is isolated in the dependency tree (no other packages
> >> depend on it), and I am upstream, so I can definitely vouch for the fact
> >> that the changes were relatively minor and should be very safe.
> >> 
> > I see new API but no shlibs bump?
> 
> New API doesn't require a shlibs bump.  Changed or removed API requires
> a shlibs bump.

Err.  New API is what shlibs is for.  Changed or removed API requires a
SONAME and package name change.

Cheers,
Julien

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