On 2018-09-06 10:50, glen wrote: > could we make not so often glibc upgrades in th? > > at least keep builders glibc version low, so that built packages do not > require the latest and bleeding glibc SONAME symbols? (unless there's > actual benefit in that package for newer glibc) > > it's very disturbing that wanting to install some new package, i'm > forced to upgrade whole system.
Why whole system? Glibc upgrades are backward compatible most of the time. So it is just upgrading the package you want and glibc, not a big issue. I cannot recall the last time glibc upgrade pulled anything more. openssl upgrades are much more problematic. Jacek _______________________________________________ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en