Incorrect version in packages names

Robert Collins robert.collins@syncretize.net
Sun Jul 7 23:49:00 GMT 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>

> upset would probably do the right thing with the above but I really don't
> see any reason to use it, regardless.  I don't see any reason why a user
> would need to know that these are kdelibs-2 when it is pretty obvious from
> the version number.

One possibility is if the version number reflects the ABI, not the software
release. This is actually quite likely with libtool packages.

Anyway, it's low priority however one approaches it.

Rob



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