At 13:54 +0200 1999-03-24, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 03:38:17AM -0800, Joel Klecker wrote:Policy says the -dev package is supposed to have the "soname" too.It's optional. Debian Policy 2.5.0.0 § 4.3: "... If you prefer only to support one development version at a time you may name the development package `<libraryname>-dev' ..."
I find that sort of inconsistency bothersome. That and policy's incorrect usage of "soname".
-- Joel Klecker (aka Espy) <URL:http://web.espy.org/> <URL:mailto:jk@espy.org> <URL:mailto:espy@debian.org>