Bug#708566: library -dev naming policy encourages unnecessary transitions

2013-06-03 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, At Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:43 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Guillem Jover writes: > > > Perhaps, but I think we just lack better documentation and advice when > > it comes to shared library handling in general. > > > There was an attempt by Junichi Uekawa (CCed) some time ago [L], but > >

Bug#708566: library -dev naming policy encourages unnecessary transitions

2013-05-20 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, May 20, 2013 at 07:33:43PM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit : > Guillem Jover writes: > > > Perhaps, but I think we just lack better documentation and advice when > > it comes to shared library handling in general. > > > There was an attempt by Junichi Uekawa (CCed) some time ago [L], but > >

Bug#708566: library -dev naming policy encourages unnecessary transitions

2013-05-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillem Jover writes: > Perhaps, but I think we just lack better documentation and advice when > it comes to shared library handling in general. > There was an attempt by Junichi Uekawa (CCed) some time ago [L], but > AFAIR some people shunned it because supposedly it contained inaccuracies > or

Bug#708566: library -dev naming policy encourages unnecessary transitions (was: Re: Upcoming libgd2-{xpm,noxpm}-dev -> libgd2-dev transition)

2013-05-16 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! [ Just saw while drafting this, that you filed the bug on policy, so sending a copy there too, let's continue the discussion there then. ] On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 09:51:23 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Andreas Beckmann writes: > > On 2013-05-15 09:58, Ondřej Surý wrote: > >> The '2' in libgd2

Bug#708566: library -dev naming policy encourages unnecessary transitions

2013-05-16 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Russ Allbery (16/05/2013): > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > > Policy 8.4 currently says: > > If there are development files associated with a shared library, > the source package needs to generate a binary development package > named librarynamesoversion-dev, or if you p

Bug#708566: library -dev naming policy encourages unnecessary transitions

2013-05-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Policy 8.4 currently says: If there are development files associated with a shared library, the source package needs to generate a binary development package named librarynamesoversion-dev, or if you prefer only to support one development ve