Hi, > > I'd like to propose, for new -dev packages, to > > name -dev packages after their runtime library counterparts. > > I personally found it very handy that the dev packages automatically > selects the most recent API compatible version. Why do you want this > switch by the way? You did not name reasons as far as I could see.
The current recommendation I'm trying to give is: Package: libXXXNNNN-dev Conflicts: libXXX-dev Provides: libXXX-dev Thus, it won't contradict with your requirement to be able to just build-depend on libXXX-dev. Having a solid naming scheme will allow me to ldd /usr/lib/libwhatever.so to track down its shared library dependency, and appending "-dev" to individual package to create the list of requisite -dev packages. regards, junichi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]