Bug#571635: Fragile API

2010-03-01 Thread Al Nikolov
On Sunday 28 February 2010 00:21:43 you wrote: Development doesn't need to happen inside the Samba tree, but for distribution as part of Debian, yes. Thus, when i said about the Samba Team point of view (if not about it's official policy), i was practically right. To summarize your and JV's

Bug#571635: Fragile API

2010-02-27 Thread Al Nikolov
After digging for a while i found https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/302004 I see that in a case of Samba security update wich breaks API the module's wanna-build may fail, a strict versionned dependency of the installed module can block the upgrade, while too loose

Bug#571635: Fragile API

2010-02-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:53:36PM +0300, Al Nikolov wrote: Also, i don't see how it could be resolved if i just import the headers set into my module as you've suggested. I'd still be able to freeze any Samba security upgrade or tumble user's server even without samba-headers in Debian,