On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:33 PM Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>>>> "BJM" == Brian J Murrell <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > BJM> How can you replace libfoo-1.00 with libfoo-2.0.0 when some > BJM> software has not updated to libfoo-2.0.0's ABI breaking changes > BJM> yet? > > Create a libfoo1 package, have it include the necessary library files > (and perhaps a -devel subpackage if you wish for things to compile > against it) and update the base libfoo package to the new version. > > We do this all the time. Some packages utilize an older naming scheme > involving a "compat-" prefix but that shouldn't be used these days. We also strive to maintain ABI stability on stable releases, so in theory this happens during major upgrades when compat packages are not involved. Dridi _______________________________________________ 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
