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