Dear Aaron M. Ucko, you wrote:
>
> Package: libbobcat1
> Version: 1.21.1-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 8.6
>
> libbobcat1's shlibs file leads to unversioned dependencies on the
> library, ...
>
> In this case, though, I would suggest simply adding -V to your call to
> dh_makeshlibs, such that packages built against libbobcat1 always
> depend on at least the upstream version against which they were built.
Dear Aaron,
Thank you for filing this bug against Bobcat. You're of course absolutely
right and I think your suggestion is a valuable one that can easily be met in
future releases. Actually the bug filed against xd clarified the (dependency)
bug that had crept into the dependencies list. The problem will be attacked
along two main approaches:
1. paying more attention to ABI and API breakages;
2. making sure that (at least my :-) packages clearly display the bobcat
version against which the package should be linked.
This reply was (of course) not written to close the bug; it was primarily
sent to let you and others know that I'm aware of the problem and that for now
using the latest (now 1.21.1) Bobcat version with packages that depend on
Bobcat should be enough to avoid problems. Current work in progress on Bobcat
will probably result in version 2.01.1 from which point on more thorough
attention will be paid to version dependencies.
Cheers,
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