Re: heimdal

[Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>]

* Brian May [Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:03:01 +1000]:

> Adeodato Simó wrote:
>> The problem is that version of heimdal bumped the SONAME of one of the
>> libraries, namely libkrb5-24-heimdal -> libkrb5-25-heimdal.

>> Nowadays it's really encouraged that any SONAME bump is checked with the
>> release team first. The release team needs to be notified anyway in
>> order for to the new package to migrate, because it needs manual
>> hinting, so we take chance and ask that this notification is done
>> *before* uploading to unstable, in case there may be conflicting ongoing
>> transitions.

> So can I clarify: you would like to let me know before I upload any  
> package that comes with a SONAME bump?

Heh, I'm guessing there's a typo there: we would like /you/ to notify
/us/ in advance, yes. :-)

> (I am guessing dar is an exception here because nothing else links  
> against its libraries except itself).

Yes, that's ok.

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