Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <po...@debian.org> writes:
> Patching a library downstream to bump the SONAME needs to be done only in very
> special cases and when you know what you're doing. For instance you're going
> to
> break compatibility with third party software that links against the old
> SONAME.
Well you also break compatibility with 3rd party software when changing
the ABI incompatibly with your new upload.
Christoph
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