Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (140 mails)

[Richard Guenther <rguenther@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Stanislav Brabec wrote:

> Hallo.
>
> In 11.0 we will have a new rules for shared library package names.
>
> It implies a question:
>
> What happens with old shared library packages after increment of soname.
> We cannot obsolete them (third party can still use them) and we should
> not not-obsolete them (as it will cause increasing number of orphaned
> packages in the system).
>
> Is there any solution for it?

Shared library packages (now, you need a way to automatically recognize
these) should be auto-removed once there is no dependency left on them.

They can be re-installed if they become required again from an old
installation-source or if we decide to put them on a new media
anyway because it is widely used (it just won't be called compat-*
anymore).

IMHO of course.

Richard.

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Richard Guenther <rguenther@xxxxxxx>
Novell / SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nuernberg - AG Nuernberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex
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