Re: To Require or not to Require?

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Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Library SONAME requirement for _external_ builds ought to stay
> implicit/automatic, but _libraries and subpackages_ are a different
> problem space. A library update may add stuff without changing its SONAME
> and while staying compatible with existing executables in external packages.
> But executables shipped with the library package (in subpackages) may
> strictly need the very latest library.

There is no difference between "external" packages and subpackages: they
both will need the new symbol some day.

Andreas.

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