Hilmar Preusse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04.08.05 Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > >> libkpathsea4 or rather libkpathsea4-dev should have a README.Debian >> that explains the reasons for the soname change >> > Why? Did Thomas/Olaf give a exact reason, why they did that? Do > really anybody has to explain, why the soname was changed?
Actually, when I wrote "reasons for the soname change" what I really meant was "reason for changing the name of the -dev library by adding the soname number". And yes, Olaf gave a reason; I think it was even on this list, or on tetex-pretest: Because there is no defined API and the library was never designed to be used as a DLL, he wanted to be sure, although he couldn't tell at which places compatibility was or might be broken. There'll be a properly designed libkpse "soon". I wanted to dig out that statement and put it into README.Debian. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
