Hi, On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:36:21PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Sebastian Harl [Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:12:08 +0200]: > > The latest version of rrdtool (which has been released last Thursday) > > includes a SONAME version bump because of some rather small but > > incompatible changes to the API > > (a) why the SONAME bump if only the API has changed? was the ABI > changed too? (maybe it was, but I need to be extra-cautious here)
Yes, the ABI was changed too. Is it possible to (backward-)incompatibly change the API while not changing the ABI? I can't think of an example right now. > (b) can you *please* stop embedding the SONAME in the name of the -dev > package? A good time to do it would be this transition, if it > finally happens. That has already been done last night... ;-) Thanks for pointing it out though. > > Is that transition fine before Lenny? > > Speaking for me, depends on when we get able to finish the current > ongoing mess. If it takes too long, I'm afraid we'll have to pass. We'll > give you a definitive answer in a few days. Okay. Then the package will be uploaded to experimental for now and I will try to take appropriate steps to make this transition as smooth as possible (i.e. make build-rdeps maintainers aware of it, provide patches, etc.). Cheers, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl +++ GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC +++ http://tokkee.org/ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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