[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] library updates

[From: Michael P. Lococo]

> If the application needs a particular version of the library, or higher
> than (for whatever reasons, not just ABI compatibility), then the package
> should declare that -- that is not a hack; if the application does not need
> a newer version than is on the device already, then this question becomes
> entirely moot. (Why should you, the application distributor, care about it
> getting upgraded?)

The problem with this is that every package that depends on a library must
be updated in order to benefit from a bugfix release of that library.  It
makes more sense for the package manager to update libraries automatically
when possible, as is done by apt and yum.  As the software catalog grows,
doing this properly becomes increasingly valuable.

Mike