Hi, After I invested an hour so to track down the reason for an evil FTBFS, I have a very simple request: If you maintain a library that gets used by other people and you break the API, you should notify them. Really. It makes life easier. For the usual C/C++ libraries its not that complicated, as SONAME changes lead to new package names and everything is fine. But if you maintain something like a perl library, you should either the change the fscking package name if you break the API or file a bug against all packages that depend on your lib.
And no, it's enough to write "NOTE: This release breaks API. Please see Changes for further details." in your changelog. Marc -- Fachbegriffe der Informatik - Einfach erklärt 95: PGP-Keysigning-Party Kultiges Zusammensitzen und gemeinsames Murmeln magischer Zahlen. (Gert Döring)
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