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? I can imagine several possibilities: Packaging level: Weak-Obsoletes as counterpart of Recommends: Delete, if it will not causes breakage. Zypp level: Handle packages named lib*[number] Advanced zypp level: Discriminate between explicitly required and dependent packages External script level: Find and delete all obsolete libraries ... -- Best Regards / S pozdravem, Stanislav Brabec software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: sbrabec@suse.cz Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 966, +49 911 740538747 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org