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Re: libquazip transition



On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 23:35:55 +0200, Eric Maeker wrote:

> Le 17/07/2014 19:25, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort a écrit :
> > May I ask why the -dev package is versioned, instead of simply being
> > libquazip-dev, as I think it should be?
> 
> As the ABI version of libquazip has a possibility to evolve, I choose to
> include the so version in the package name. This is also a
> recommandation I've found in the documentation of shared libraries
> packaging.
> 
That's a bug in said documentation.  -dev package names should only
include a version if you intend to ship several versions for an extended
period of time.

Cheers,
Julien

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