>>>>> "DB" == Dmitry Butskoy writes: DB> The new "libsoup" library in rawhide, version 2.3.0, introduces a DB> lot of API incompatibility, comparing with the previous 2.2.x DB> versions. There are even some design changes, hence it seems DB> impossible for package maintainers to do "just a monkey job" of DB> renaming functions etc. In my case of "libtranslate" (which DB> depends on libsoup), it requires a deep upstream intervention DB> (which, surely, was not in upstream's todo list...) DB> It could be fine to have "libsoup22" or "compat-libsoup-2.2" DB> package in rawhide. Not to mention the fact that this major soname ABI/API bump was not announced in advance! The maintainer should have posted at least a day or so in advance to fedora-devel-announce-list to warn packagers in advance of the major change (which would have allowed discussion of the possibility of the necessity of introducing compat-libsoup type package). Here's the full list of packages broken either directly or indirectly by this change: (from http://koji.fedoraproject.org/mash/rawhide-20080129/logs/depcheck) bmpx-0.40.13-7.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 1:bug-buddy-2.20.1-1.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 buoh-0.8.2-2.fc7.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 drivel-2.1.1-0.3.20071130svn.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 evolution-brutus-1.1.28.7-2.fc8.i386 requires libcamel-1.2.so.10 evolution-webcal-2.12.0-1.fc8.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 hardinfo-0.4.2.3-1.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 libepc-0.3.3-1.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 libsyncml-0.4.5-1.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 libtranslate-0.99-12.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 1:logjam-4.5.3-9.fc8.3.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 mail-notification-evolution-plugin-5.0-0.2.rc1.fc9.i386 requires libcamel-provider-1.2.so.10 mail-notification-evolution-plugin-5.0-0.2.rc1.fc9.i386 requires libcamel-1.2.so.10 planner-eds-0.14.2-10.fc9.i386 requires libcamel-provider-1.2.so.10 planner-eds-0.14.2-10.fc9.i386 requires libcamel-1.2.so.10 rhythmbox-0.11.4-4.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 seahorse-2.21.4-3.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 swfdec-gtk-0.5.5-2.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 totem-pl-parser-2.21.91-1.fc9.i386 requires libcamel-1.2.so.10 totem-publish-2.21.90-2.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 twitux-0.60-2.fc9.i386 requires libsoup-2.2.so.8 Alex -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
