[csw-maintainers] An idea for a shared libraries policy

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi folks,

Am 25.09.2010 um 13:30 schrieb James Lee:
> On 25/09/10, 12:05:24, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote  
> regarding
> Re: [csw-maintainers] An idea for a shared libraries policy:
>
>>>>>> This is an idea for packaging of shared libraries which  
>>>>>> simplifies the
>>>>>> life cycle of a shared library, from the introduction to the  
>>>>>> removal
>>>>>> from the catalog.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lists.opencsw.org/pipermail/maintainers/2009-October/009960.html
>>>
>>>> Having read the referenced message I think that you agree with  
>>>> Maciej's
>>>> proposal. I'm I right?
>>>
>>> Maciej agrees with my old idea although it was pooh-poohed at the  
>>> time.
>
>> Who dared pooh-pooh you?
>
> http://lists.opencsw.org/pipermail/maintainers/2009-October/ 
> 009992.html

No no no no... Don't you put the blame on me for that one! ;-)
I like (and liked) the idea, but raised the issue that there
may be multiple non-version-resembling shared libs from one
package. Apart from that I like it. And after one more year
of packaging experience I would say my doubts from that time
have not been correct. Lots of complicated multi-version-
modulation-libs would benefit from it, like
   libicu
   libcurl
   libneon
which immediately come to my mind.


Best regards

   -- Dago