Vít Ondruch (vondruch@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > Hi, > > Can somebody enlighten me, what is the purpose of ruby(abi) (replace > by python(abi) if you wish) virtual provide? Especially, why Ruby > packaging guidelines mandate "Requires: ruby(abi) = 1.9.1", i.e. > versioned require? And why in Python packages, python(abi) is > automatically generated? In the python case, it's because that python extension modules install in a version-specific directory ($libdir/python2.7, for example.) This makes them explicitly tied to that version of python. Bill -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
