* Maximilian Gaß: > The second option I came up with was creating a libev-source package from the > existing libev package and build packages including libev against this one. > Bugs in libev would then only require a rebuild of the dependent packages > instead of source package fixing. I think this solution is suboptimal but less > invasive.
This is comparable to C++ templates, so it's not *that* bad, it's just rather unusual, and somewhat disappointing for something which is quite likely to transparently pick up kernel API improvements (which it has done with epoll, if the library is old enough). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org