On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Thibaut Paumard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would the files then be: libfooN.so.debian1.0.0 with links > libfooN.so.debian1 and libfooN.so? Right. > Here, N is not the API number (it's just part of the library name). And the > API did change with the new upstream between version 1.x.y and 1.X. Several > packages will FTBFS if the -dev package name doesn't change. Only 4 packages > build-depend on this package, but many more depend on these 4. > > Although a little confusing, I would tend to introduce both an API number > and an ABI number which, for the time being, match: debian1. This whole mess could be avoided if upstream were to introduce proper library API and ABI versioning. I strongly suggest you do the library versioning upstream instead of just in Debian. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
