[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] packages: soname (0c2a, etc)

[From: Murray Cumming]

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> Murray Cumming schrieb:
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>>>> I could remove the soname/suffix from the package name, which would
>>>> involve a few more changes to the debian/ stuff than I'd like to make,
>>>> so
>>>> I thought I'd check first.
>>> Bad idea :-) Those sonames are in debian to indicate that the abi has
>>> changed, and thus the packages depending on that lib needs to be
>>> recompiled.
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>> But there is no previous version of the package for maemo.
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> Currently not, but who can foresee the future? :)
> As maemo is just a debian derivate i'd just stick to the original. Makes
> less problems usually.

But then the question is What is the original? The latest debian one, or
the one with an ABI (combination of g++, glibc, and libstdc++) that's most
similar to maemo's current ABI.

Maybe if I could find a policy document for debian, we could create a
policy for maemo.

Murray Cumming
murrayc at murrayc.com
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