On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 05:50:52PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:28:04AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > I have packages prepared, but bear in mind that Debian is attempting to > > stabilize for a release, and this would be very disruptive. > > > > Requesting input from the release team as to whether this would be a very > > bad idea, or merely a bad idea. Note that this version increments sonames > > of all libraries because certain ABIs changed (upstream) without an > > increment in the last release. > > flac has a huge reverse dependency tree and its soname transitions take > ages, often interacting with other large soname transitions in progress. > I'd be inclined to say "very bad idea", unless there are overriding > reasons why the new version is necessary.
The only realistic justification is that the version currently in sid has potential ABI skew without changing its soname. There is a discussion in #288876 about it. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
