Hi, > While I agree with many of your points, this argumentation is flawed. If > libabc is not directly used (i.e. in the deplist without a relocation into > it) then any API change in libabc can't break the application. If it can > break the application then by definition it's not unused. Additionally, > if it breaks the API, then probably some of the libraries directly > depending on it, which are used by the application (otherwise the useless > dep wouldn't exist), will break too. That breakage will occur no matter > if the useless deps are removed or not. > > Hence: removing the useless deps will not magically make API breakages go > away.
What happens if libfreetype.so.6 becomes libfreetype.so.7 and is really not used? In such a case it can indeed break dependent packages unnecessarily. Or am I missing something? Andreas Hanke -- "Feel free" - 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX ProMail testen: www.gmx.net/de/go/mailfooter/promail-out --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
