On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:

> - I've removed the .symbols because it is a bit irrelevant in a
> package whose name changes when the so-name changes (see discussion on
> d.mentors: [0].
> [0]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2011/07/msg00365.html

Ahh, the package name *always* changes when the SONAME changes, not
doing so is a severity serious bug.

The reason the symbols file is irrelevant is due to a frequently
changing SONAME or one that changes with every upstream version.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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