[Bug 662398] Re: Version number in package name makes life hard

2010-10-18 Thread Thierry Carrez
** Changed in: openldap (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/+question/130012 -- Version number in package name makes life hard https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662398 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 662398] Re: Version number in package name makes life hard

2010-10-17 Thread Arnaud Soyez
I might not be 100% accurate and everyone is free to correct me... but here's the main idea: The purpose is to avoid API and ABI breakage between your program and the library if there is a major . Your package should actually only have build-depends to libldap2-dev in the debian/control file,