Le jeudi 29 septembre 2005 à 19:18 +0200, Frank Küster a écrit : > Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please don't do that. A library transition breaks packages in unstable > > for a while, but if we have both versions, we're going to have to deal > > with them for several *years*. That's what happened for libpng, and > > believe me, it's a nightmare. > > Why do you think that we would have to deal with both versions for > years? I expect no problems in compiling and using packages with the > new version, even if their upstream is dead for a while.
Then you'll notice that many Debian developers don't rebuild their packages against new library versions, even when told to, until the package becomes uninstallable. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
