Symbols files help maintainers notice when the API changes and helps other packages know which minimum version of a library they need to depend on.
See https://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles Note that a lack of a symbols file isn't a blocker, but they are super encouraged. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to capnproto in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1367551 Title: [MIR] capnproto Status in “capnproto” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Can we please include this in main? unity-scopes-api has a dependency on capnproto. Source and bug tracking for this are here: https://github.com/kentonv/capnproto There are no dependencies other than C++ 11 (gcc 4.7 or later work). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/capnproto/+bug/1367551/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp