To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
Subject: Re: RFC: Soname in rpm name
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:48:37 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
I think some packagers have been worrying
about this all along and is one of the reason why soname in
packagename hasnt been the norm for Red Hat ever.
One reasonable option is to only use the 'Soname in rpm name' scheme
when/if the packager ever expects/needs multiple installed versions. If
not, keep the status-quo.