Re: RFC: Soname in rpm name

[Aurelien Bompard <gauret free fr>]

seth vidal wrote:
> Obsoletes should be used when a package changes name. Not when someone
> thinks a new version gets rid of an old version.

But "Obsoletes" could be used for this, couldn't it ? And it's not any
"someone" who would use it, but the packager, who knows the lib.
Actually, the package *does* change name, since the proposal is to include
the soname in it.
What are the shortcomings ?


Aurélien
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