On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:16:19AM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 16.08.2009, 19:36 +0100 schrieb Ganesh Sittampalam: > > > Libraries that are newer in Debian will stay so, so we won?t be able to > > > support the platform fully. Now we have these options: > > > > What is the long-term plan for this issue - will new instances of it be > > allowed to arise, or will Debian allow the platform to catch up and then > > not jump ahead again? > > I’m not sure if there is a consensus yet, so far not many developers > have commented on the issue. > > Personally, I’m happy to give the platform the chance to catch up, but > I’d always reserve Debian the right to jump when required for good > reasons (e.g. new version of library needed by newer version of a > program that we want, or bug in the libraries).
Is there a reason that two versions of some libraries can't be present in the archive - one to match the platform, and one that is ahead of that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
