On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 11:41:38PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Uh, no. The old binary package should either be removed completely from > > the archive (in which case all packages that depend on it are instantly > > uninstallable), or be moved to a separate source package in section > > oldlibs. > > So on a new ABI-incompatible version the library maintainer should > contact the maintainers of all dependendent packages and arrange a new > upload as soon as the new version gets cleared from the NEW queue? The
An advantage of keeping the old library in oldlibs for a while is that local admins may have their own binaries compiled against these libraries. Rapid replacements of libraries break local binaries. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
