Policy proposal for compatibility packages

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Jan 2 18:36:37 UTC 2008


Jesse Keating <jkeating <at> redhat.com> writes:
> There is a difference between compatible library packages and
> compatible development packages.  Compatible libraries make long term
> sense.  Compat development packages don't.

By shipping libraries, even compat ones, without a -devel package, we'd be 
advantaging proprietary apps over Free ones. :-(

        Kevin Kofer




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