>>>> "BJM" == Brian J Murrell
<brian(a)interlinx.bc.ca> writes:
BJM> It's a pity though.
I don't agree; to do so would be mostly useless complexity. You are
certainly welcome to break libraries out in your packages, and there are
good reasons for doing so which are covered in the guidelines. (Hence
the number of "-libs" packages.) But it is not generally required.
BJM> As not requiring it is going to prevent the future need (some day)
BJM> of having both major versions installed to bridge a major version
BJM> transition gap while software catches up to using the new major
BJM> version of the library.
And yet we do that all the time.
- J<