On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 04:40:12AM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote: > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 14:47 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Le Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 06:25:12PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder a écrit : > > > If the libfoo-dev is _very_ small and feels silly as a separate package, > > > you can include its files in libfoo0 and make that Provides: libfoo-dev, > > > but what does this win you? > > > > Problems with multi-arch ? > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/07/msg00861.html > > And not even with multiarch. It breaks smooth transitions of libraries. > Since the include files and friends are not ABI-versioned, you will not > be able to install libfoo0 and libfoo1 at the same time (you need > appropriate conflicts and replaces), thus defeating the purpose of ABI > versioning in the package name.
... and doesn't allow for binNMUs either, since the development package name changes. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
