Re: New unstable GTK+/GLib packages' names -- seeking advice

1998-11-24 Thread James Troup
Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Okay. I will release gtk+1.1.5 and glib1.1.5 source/binary packages soon. Great. What should I do about the old gtk+1.1 and glib source packages whose names don't match the new setup? Should they be removed from the archives as soon as no more

New unstable GTK+/GLib packages' names -- seeking advice

1998-11-23 Thread Ben Gertzfield
GTK+ and GLib have a somewhat curious developmental situation; they release versions that are binary (and source, sometimes) incompatible with previous releases with each developmental 1.1.x release. Version 1.1.5 of both GTK+ and GLib have just been released. I have received complaints about

Re: New unstable GTK+/GLib packages' names -- seeking advice

1998-11-23 Thread James Troup
Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Version 1.1.5 of both GTK+ and GLib have just been released. I have received complaints about packages compiled against, say GTK+ 1.1.2, breaking as soon as 1.1.3 is installed. Should I: 1) make the source and binary names for the new packages like

Re: New unstable GTK+/GLib packages' names -- seeking advice

1998-11-23 Thread Edward Betts
On Sun, 22 Nov, 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: GTK+ and GLib have a somewhat curious developmental situation; they release versions that are binary (and source, sometimes) incompatible with previous releases with each developmental 1.1.x release. Version 1.1.5 of both GTK+ and GLib have just

Re: New unstable GTK+/GLib packages' names -- seeking advice

1998-11-23 Thread Ben Gertzfield
James == James Troup [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James dpkg doesn't do reverse dependency checking[1]; if I have James say foo installed which depends on libgtk1.1 (= 1.1.5-1), James it'll happily let me install libgtk1.1 1.1.6-1, silently James breaking foo. James (1) is the