Not sure if this is a good idea. After all, the currently developed C++ interface is called `netcdf-cxx4` on the Unidata side, see [1]. If the legacy version goes by the same name on Debian, one may easily get confused.
--Nico [1] https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-cxx4 On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:06 PM Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebas...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 06/18/2015 08:00 PM, Nico Schlömer wrote: > > Thinking about package names, I just saw that there is a package > > > > libnetcdfc++4 > > > > with version 4.1.3 in Debian. We could possibly rename our new > libnetcdfcxx > > to libnetcdfc++4 (which is what it really is) and rename > libnetcdfcxxlegacy > > to libnetcdfc++3. This coincides with netCDF's own nomenclature [1]. > > > > [1] https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/index.jsp > > I chose to rename the netcdf-cxx-legacy library package to > libnetcdfc++4, that matches the SONAME and keeps the package name as it > is with the existing package. > > We only need to add Breaks/Replaces on the << 4.2 version because the > library is now built from a different source package. > > It's probably a good idea to improve the package description synopsis to > include -3 explicitly. > > Kind Regards, > > Bas > > -- > GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 > Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gis-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/558308af.6030...@xs4all.nl > >
