Re: some minor Core pruning

[Josh Boyer <jwboyer jdub homelinux org>]

On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 18:07 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com> writes:
> > Library + binary packages required by nothing (could be killed, or moved):
> > mysqlclient10
> > mysqlclient14
> 
> Those are compatibility packages to provide ABI compatibility for
> programs built against old versions of libmysqlclient.so.  They were

> always intended to have a limited lifespan --- I don't see a reason to

> carry them forward into FC6, unless we want to offer them in RHEL5.
> Do we promise ABI compatibility across RHEL releases?

Why do RHEL ABI practices have an impact whether or not a package stays
in Fedora Core or gets moved to Fedora Extras?

josh