On Fre, 2003-02-07 at 03:31, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 03:02:34PM +0100, Michel D?nzer scrawled:
> > 
> > Anyway, we're discussing the xlibmesa packages here, and you're still
> > dodging the question how it's meaningful for those.
> 
> Branden already answered you, and so did I. The significance lies in
> the major version. It's obviously meaningful to Mesa, if they continue
> to bump *major* versions, it must mean they're doing something pretty
> ... well, major, right?

Sure, major for _Mesa_. Not for users of the xlibmesa package. I'm not
going to rehash the explanations Marcelo has given in this thread.


> > > > Well, I am trying to get work done, with packages that have a
> > > > relationship to those in question, and I think it's unnecessarily
> > > > hard, for no good reason.
> > > 
> > > What's hard about it?
> > 
> > It breaks every time the name changes.
> 
> So depend on the virtual libgl1/libglu1.

I have explained why that doesn't fit my needs.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast


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