Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 06:02:07PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're missing the point that sonames track *ABI* changes, and -dev package names should track *API* changes. Typically, upstreams make API changes on new major releases; ABI changes

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-28 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - When the API becomes incompatible (which would implicitly make the ABI incompatible), both the -dev and library package should increment their numbers. - When the ABI becomes incompatible without affecting the API, only the library

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:32:06PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ondrej Sury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 08:07 -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: * Package name: mod-bt I suggest to name your package (you can name just binary package, but it since

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Mike Hommey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ondrej, The source package is named mod-bt. It produces the following .deb's: libbttracker0-dev_0.0.16-1_i386.deb libbtutil0-dev_0.0.16-1_i386.deb There's no reason to have the so version in the -dev package name. Odd,

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2006-05-27, Tyler MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odd, because my package depends on libapr0-dev (probably going to be libapr0-dev | libapr1-dev soon), and an apt-cache search for 0-dev on my The versionings is when stuff change to incompatible APIs, so probably depending on

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Sune Vuorela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odd, because my package depends on libapr0-dev (probably going to be libapr0-dev | libapr1-dev soon), and an apt-cache search for 0-dev on my The versionings is when stuff change to incompatible APIs, so probably depending on (libfoo0-dev |

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 11:14:44AM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: Sune Vuorela [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odd, because my package depends on libapr0-dev (probably going to be libapr0-dev | libapr1-dev soon), and an apt-cache search for 0-dev on my The versionings is when stuff change to

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Sonntag, 28. Mai 2006 00:00 schrieb Steve Langasek: and -dev package names should track *API* changes To be more precise: incompatible API changes. If the current API is simply extended by some new function, the -dev package keeps its numbered name. HS pgpwQExhAEWsj.pgp Description: PGP

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-27 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're missing the point that sonames track *ABI* changes, and -dev package names should track *API* changes. Typically, upstreams make API changes on new major releases; ABI changes can happen much more often than this. Tracking sonames in your -dev

Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-26 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Tyler MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: mod-bt Version : 0.0.16 Upstream Author : Tyler MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.crackerjack.net/mod_bt/ * License : Apache 2.0 Programming Lang: C,

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-26 Thread Ondrej Sury
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 08:07 -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: * Package name: mod-bt I suggest to name your package (you can name just binary package, but it since you are building just one binary package, it's easier to rename source package as well) as libapache-mod-bt to follow common

Re: Bug#368985: ITP: mod-bt -- BitTorrent tracker for the Apache2 web server

2006-05-26 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Ondrej Sury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 08:07 -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: * Package name: mod-bt I suggest to name your package (you can name just binary package, but it since you are building just one binary package, it's easier to rename source package as well)