Library package naming

[Philipp Kern]

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Dear mentors,

I got into trouble with library package naming. I package something  
called net6 which passes -release 1 and -version-info 0:0:0 to  
libtool. The library version number is 1.0, and the library on disk  
is called libnet6-1.so.0.0.0 (according to the former parameters).  
How should the Debian binary package be called?

When I read the Debian Library Packagaing Guide I get the impression  
that libnet6-1-0 would be correct, but some in #debian-devel said  
that the library is improperly named. Upstream's intention for “- 
release 1” was that major versions are binary incompatible anyway and  
so one could reset the SONAME to 0:0:0. If this versioning should be  
changed upstream please tell me so, and please with a clue for me  
what's wrong with it. Otherwise please give me a package name with  
which the package could be added to Debian.

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
Debian Developer
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