On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 05:58:39PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > am Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:02:22AM +0000 hast du folgendes geschrieben: > > > So with 1.8.8.git.2009.07.19-6 theoretically every source package could > > > switch its build-dep to libparted-dev already? Or are those supposed to > > > use the precise version as they do now? (I.e. in the current state they > > > are not binNMU-able.) > > If the release team prefers that, I don't mind as such - but note that > > it's quite likely that several of these source packages will want to use > > API introduced more recently than 1.8.8 (the alignment handling > > functions), so just "libparted-dev" seems a little too imprecise really? > > I later saw that libparted-dev was virtual and thus the versioned dependency > thing doesn't work out too well, but may you enlighten me why that is the > case? I.e. why libparted-dev is virtual and the real instance being named > after the SONAME instead of the API version? ;-)
The API version (libparted-2.1-dev, etc.) was used before upstream started setting a proper SONAME. Now that they do (that's new in parted 2.2), I think it's appropriate to name the package after it; I'm confident in their ability to manage it properly from here on in. -- Colin Watson [[email protected]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
