On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 07:34:08PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > foo-dev (2.1) /usr/include/foo.h > /usr/lib/libfoo.so (copy of actual library) >
Can we say archive, system, mirror and update bloat horror!? DO you realize what this would mean for lib packages like xlibs and libc6? I think your setup is completely broken, since it will be linking against one version of the library, yet running against another (remember the runtime in your scenario will now be different than the link time one). This is bad, and creates plenty of problems due to the inconsistencies you create. If we encourage maintainers to link against libraries for which they cannot test the runtime, then you are asking for plenty of untested packages ending up in the distribution. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
