Am 28.12.2018 um 15:02 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
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> On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:33 AM Patrick Matthäi <pmatth...@debian.org
> <mailto:pmatth...@debian.org>> wrote:
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>     Hola,
>
>     Am 24.12.2018 um 12:44 schrieb Felipe Sateler:
>>     > Perhaps znc could Provide: znc-plugin-$somenumber, which could
>>     be used by
>>
>>         > out-of-tree plugins? Adding the znc maintainers to the loop
>>         for their input
>>
>>         That's being used successfully by some packages ...
>>
>>
>>     I'm creating a new bug for tracking this (better) solution.
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>     I dont know how this would help now after the relaxed dependency
>     from znc-backlog, because..:
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>     * on changes znc-backlog still needs a binNMU or code changes,
>     like now
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>
> Right. But the current solution is still suboptimal. For example, if
> you upload a new package changing only metadata (say, the Vcs-*
> fields), znc-backlog would need a binNMU. In the more general case, a
> new upstream version of znc might not break the plugin ABI.
>  
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>     * I can provide a znc-plugin-$foobar package, but who ensures at
>     an non stable api, if a change is necessary or not? I think it
>     will make it more complicated or is there a nice solution for it?
>
> Indeed, this implies a lot more work for you.
>
>
Where a binNMU would be more safe and less work

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