Bug#319503: libapt-pkg should be in its own binary package

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 06:37:24PM +0300, Sami Liedes wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.38
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know if this has been discussed before in depth, but anyway I
> believe that the libapt-pkg .so should be split in its own package.
> This would have the benefit of making it possible to have two (or
> more) abi-incompatible versions of the library on one system, which in
> turn would make it possible to have e.g. apt-utils from one source
> version of apt and software like aptitude compiled against another
> version.

Yes, it has been discussed before, and the consensus was that splitting a
piece of the package management infrastructure this way, such that it could
be easily broken by package management operations, would not be wise.

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 - mdz