I have a problem with the slang library. The current version is slang1_1.2.2 I began to package the new version 1.3.8. I installed it on my own system to test and everything went fine. However when I upgraded to the latest potato anything depending on slang1 broke because they all had depends like:
slang1 (<< 1.3), slang1 (>> 1.2.2-0) When I took over the slang1 package I failed to notice the shlibs that defined the above. The problem is that version 1.3.x is compatible with 1.2. This leaves me with a number of options: 1. Just create a new package slang1.3_1.3.8 The problem with this is that users will have slang1 and slang1.3 installed on their system. And when 1.4 comes along (which should also be compatible) I will have to make a slang1.4_1.4 package, and so on. By 1.8 users will have 6 slang packages, that could be all compatible. 2. Continue to call it slang1 and upload the new version. It will conflict with the old one, replace it and then break the dependencies of everything that depends on slang. (note: only breaks the dependencies, the packages would otherwise run fine) Thereby forcing everyone else to upgrade their (slang dependent) packages. 3. Create some sort of dummy package that the new package depends on and it provides 1.2.9 or something like that. (seems like a bad idea in general) 4. ? Is there something I'm missing, is there a way out of this mess? -- Jim Mintha Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Work: +31 20 525-4919 Informatiseringscentrum Home: +31 20 662-3892 University of Amsterdam Debian GNU/Linux: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _There are always Possibilities_ http://jim.ultralinux.org
