----- Forwarded message from Fredrik Hallenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Fredrik Hallenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:06:20 +0100 To: Roderich Schupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bug#86508: libxml2-dev should not conflict with libxml-dev anymore User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:14:41PM +0100, Roderich Schupp wrote: > Package: libxml2-dev > Version: 2.3.0-1 > > > libxml2 (2.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=low > > > > * New upstream release (closes: #86379) > > For some reason the library has changed name from libxml to libxml2 and > > the config script from libxml-config to libxml2-config. I am providing > > symbolic links to the old names, hopefully this will prevent stuff from > > breaking. > > > > -- Fredrik Hallenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 17 Feb 2001 23:25:43 +0100 > > Yikes, the whole point of the name changes libxml -> libxml2 etc is that > libxml1 and libxml2 can peacefully coexist, both runtime as well as > -dev! > The symlinks you introduce spoil this. Leave them out and also the > `Conflicts/Replaces: libxml-dev' and file bugs on the users of libxml2 > instead. > Since all of Gnome doesn't (and can't yet) use libxml2, AFAICS there are > only a few: > > hotkeys > imagemagick (already uses libxml2 in latest Debian version) > kdebase > libxml++ > minidom > php4 (in php4-domxml) My symlinks are a good way of keeping things working (which is my top priority), if I uploaded a new package without them the above packages (and more, see apt-cache showpkg libxml2) would break. I will file bugs and remove the conflicts when all packages use libxml2-config but this will probably take some time, but eveything will work during this period. I have put some thought in to this and I am pretty sure it is the best way. -- Fredrik Hallenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lysator.liu.se/~hallon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message -----
