On Tuesday 30 December 2008 04:04:55 Paul Wise wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 5:12 AM, George Danchev <danc...@spnet.net> wrote: > > Why is libfoo-X-dev better than libfooX-dev, where 'X' is being some sort > > of API version discriminator ? > > Both of those are the same,
I'm glad to read that. > my comment was about libfooABI-API-dev vs libfoo-API-dev. Yes, your wording made that clear, the latter is preferred. To summarize: * if the ABI has changed, but the API remains the same, then change the library package name, but not the -dev package one. * if the API has changed, both -dev and library package names should be changed. I wonder if such a wording would address the valid complain of #493951 ? -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
