Bug#498697: libeel2-2.20: libeel-2.so library not in user package (only in -dev)

[Michel Casabona]

----- "Josselin Mouette" <joss at debian.org> a écrit :

> Since libeel-2.so.2 does not have a stable ABI, we don’t ship this
> file
> and instead we rename it at each major version. It is wrong for an
> external (non-GNOME) program to rely on it.

I trust you that is a technically wise decision.
Note that it was pointed out that the program is supported on Ubuntu 
where it works flawlessly  (and indeed the symlink is here).

> You can still add a libeel-2.so.2 symbolic link by hand, but this is
> at
> risk of crashes.

of course...
 
Thanks,

-- 
Michel Casabona