Mike Hommey wrote: > On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 01:26:43AM +0100, Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Mike Hommey wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 02:17:00PM +0100, Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You wrote: > > > > > The libxul0d package has correct shlibs, so please don't depend on > > > > > strict > > > > > versions of it. > > > > > > > > libxul0d includes non-frozen interfaces. Are you going to change the > > > > package name every time those change? > > > > > > That's what the soname is for. > > > > Both the soname and the package name must be changed so that package > > management tools can avoid installing binary-incompatible libraries and > > applications. > > > > > Anyways, even without a package name > > > change, your dependencies are too tight. You can't even install > > > videolink with libxul0d 1.8.0.5-3 in unstable. > > > > If you can assure me that a videolink package built against the current > > libxul-dev should be binary-compatible with every future version of > > libxul0d then I will remove the additional versioned dependency. I > > would love to do without the versioned dependency, but my current > > understanding is that you cannot provide this assurance. > > Why do you think I added an soname to libxul ?
Please just tell me straight whether you're promising to check for ABI changes that are not backward-compatible and to change the soname and package name each time they are made. (Note that even adding a function to an XPCOM interface is a binary-incompatible change, since that interface may also be implemented by a "client".) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] shortened to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you've signed my GPG key, please send a signature on and to the new uid. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Albert Einstein
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