[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs idle, libpython2_5_1_0, libpython2_6_(...)

[Philip Brown]

On 10/12/10, Maciej Blizinski <maciej at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Two new packages with Python libraries.  The package name is is based on the
> sonames: "libpython2.5.so.1.0" and "libpython2.5.so.1.0".
> CSWlibpython2-5-1-0
> isn't going to win package name beauty contests, but it is justified by the
> soname and unique.
>
> This is probably the first and the last release of libpython2_5_1_0.
>

Sooo.. why do we NEED this, for python?

My understanding is that nothing benefits from depending on
libpython.so.anything directly.
Things have to pull in the entire (or almost entire) package, or
python doesnt work.

So if there is no "python251" any more, why do we need a "libpython251" ?