On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 05:07:55PM +0200, Christoph Martin wrote:
> severity 321133 normal
> tags 321133 wontfix
> thanks

> Steve Langasek schrieb:
> > Well, this version of libssl0.9.7 was never in a stable release; there was
> > no libssl0.9.7 in woody, and sarge shipped with 0.9.7e-3.  So, since this
> > problem wasn't noticed until now, that's definitely an unsupported
> > configuration that isn't going to be fixed (there's no way we're going to go
> > back now and change the package name in sarge).

> openssl is still considered as unstable from upstream. So they change
> ABI without notification. I can't do anything now since sarge is released.

> I am considering changing the shlibs.local files any time when I release
> a new upstream version.

When you get to the point that you're ready to package a new upstream
version, I'd like to talk to you about some debhelper-based options that
would let you reliably detect ABI changes, so you can avoid both ABI
breakage and gratuitous package renames.

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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