On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:53:11 +0100, David Tardon wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 11:27:30PM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> > > This is the hazard of using %{_libdir}/*.so.* in %files. Is there any
> > > reason why such a syntax should NOT be formally discouraged in the
> > > packaging guidelines?
> >
> > There is: I do not want to have to pointlessly edit my specfile each time
> > some soname changes, and waste a failed build (i.e., ultimately MY time).
>
> In other words, you are saving YOUR time at the cost of OTHER PEOPLE's
> time. Because, until all the necessary rebuilds are done, EVERYONE
> building a package that transitively depends on your package will get a
> failed build. With the added "bonus" that noone of the affected people
> does know if the soname bump is deliberate or if it was pushed and built
> unintentionally.
Don't build a version upgrade directly into Rawhide without evaluating
it first.
And that is not specific to libraries.
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