[packagers] Shared libraries in RPMforge packages...

[Rex Dieter]

Morten Kjeldgaard wrote:

> This is in fact another variation of the infamous fftw discussion that 
> we have been having ad nauseam (thanks to yours truly ;-)). Fedora and 
> friends like to keep the generic name for the new package and provide a 
> *-compat package containing the old stuff. I intensely dislike that 
> approach;

fwiw, I agree.  For applications/libs that require 
parallel-instalability, the debian-style approach is much more sane.

> a package with a certain software version should never be renamed.

:) I have a habit of never saying never.

> I propose that RPMforge et. al. adopt a policy along the lines sketched 
> out in the above, so men and fish can coexist peacefully.

Or, since openexr is api-compatible in this case, rebuilding all your 
apps against the latest version is an option.

-- Rex