>>>>> "BJM" == Brian J Murrell <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: BJM> It's a pity though. I don't agree; to do so would be mostly useless complexity. You are certainly welcome to break libraries out in your packages, and there are good reasons for doing so which are covered in the guidelines. (Hence the number of "-libs" packages.) But it is not generally required. BJM> As not requiring it is going to prevent the future need (some day) BJM> of having both major versions installed to bridge a major version BJM> transition gap while software catches up to using the new major BJM> version of the library. And yet we do that all the time. - J< _______________________________________________ packaging mailing list -- packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to packaging-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
