* Paul Gevers: " Re: [Pkg-javascript-devel] parallel installation" (Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:20:49 +0200):
> Hi, > > On 14-08-17 20:38, Hubert Chathi wrote: > > At the BoF at DebConf, we were talking about parallel installation of > > different versions of JS libraries. In order to do parallel > > installation, we'd need differently named packages for different > > versions, and it seems like the obvious way to do that is to have > > packages called something like libjs-fooVER and node-fooVER, where VER > > some sort of the API version, similar to the way that C/C++ library > > packages are named after the library SONAME. If upstream follows semver > > properly, then VER would be the major version number. > > This sounds like a reasonable approach, but what I am missing is a > recommendation on what to do to keep the number of packages limited. I > think it is not such a great idea to replace one problem (not the right > version) with another one (too many packages to support). > > One approach could be for example the following. Try to have only two > versions per release, but really limit the number to a maximum of 3. I think instead of hardcoding a number of allowed versions it would be more adequate to check, if a library is still needed and remove it as soon as any package no more depends on it. -- Mathias Behrle PGP/GnuPG key availabable from any keyserver, ID: 0xD6D09BE48405BBF6 AC29 7E5C 46B9 D0B6 1C71 7681 D6D0 9BE4 8405 BBF6 -- Pkg-javascript-devel mailing list Pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-javascript-devel