Package name question

Roberto C. Sanchez roberto at connexer.com
Fri Oct 13 17:29:05 UTC 2006


On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 07:22:25PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote on 13/10/2006 18:23:
> > Will the new package be named cyrus-sasl2 or cyrus-sasl2.1?  Is the aim
> > to allow for a smoother transition by being able to have packages from
> > both concurrently installed?  If so, what is our policy on bugs filed
> > against cyrus-sasl2?  Do we treat them as applying to cyrus-sasl2.1 or
> > not?
> 
> I'm unsure how (in)compatible cyrus-sasl2.1 is to cyrus-sasl 2.0. If it
> is (ABI) compatible, there would be no need to cyrus-sasl2.1. If they
> are API, but not ABI compatible, the binary package should probably be
> renamed which the -dev package should keep its name.
> 
Hmm.  The version currently in Debian is 2.1.19.  We are trying to
package 2.1.22.  I think that they should be API compatible at the
very least.  I don't know if they are ABI compatible, but I believe the
symbols are versioned, which should help to keep us out of trouble at
the least.

> Regarding the other question:
> It depends on wether the bug applies to the 2.1 version or not.
> Packaging bugs probably do, other bugs might need individual investigations.
> 

All the bugs in the BTS now, IIRC, are against version 2.1.  I will try
and triage them and start working on them.

> Regards,
> Sven

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
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