On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 02:14 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 30.10.2012 02:08, schrieb Adam Williamson: > >> don't get me wrong but where is subtlety necessary here? > >> > >> * mysql-libs is a widely used and linked library > >> * postfix/sendmail/exim is a binary with alternative symlinks > >> > >> different worlds > >> different implications > > > > You're entirely missing the point. > > > > I suggested a *packaging mechanism* that we use in another situation. > > Not a policy. The mechanism of having 'virtual provides' which multiple > > packages can each satisfy is proven to be an effective way of coping > > with a situation where multiple packages can provide a given function. I > > suggested that it could be used _if_ this case matches that description. > > Just because I mentioned sendmail and I mentioned mysql does not mean I > > am 'comparing' them > > sorry, but you missed my point > > there is *no* mechanism out there for dynmic linked libraries > replaced with any other binary incomplatible format like > alternatives, the application linked against a specific version > will simply crash What? I'm not talking about anything like that. Proper shared libraries aren't a problem in any case. We already have a perfectly adequate policy for that. By policy, so far as actual shared libraries are concerned, mysql-libs and mariadb-libs would have the exact same provides, if they were in fact providing ABI/API-compatible libraries, and would not have the same provides if they weren't. > it is not possible and if it would there would be no reason > for mass-rebuilds after update to new so-versions of libs You are assuming that mysql and mariadb's libraries will be API/ABI incompatible. I don't know if that's true or if it isn't, but in either case it's pretty irrelevant, because library provides are already specifically covered by a perfectly adequate policy. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
