[Bug 166919] Review Request: findlib

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Summary: Review Request: findlib


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166919





------- Additional Comments From gemi at bluewin.ch  2005-09-13 12:34 EST -------
(In reply to comment #6) 
> Still I wonder if there's a way to properly solve this without losing the
> version requirement or writing it explicitly by hand. I don't know the impact of
> future incompatibilities to decide against having it.
Look at it this way:
If an exact version requirement is encoded, then a future update of ocaml to
a new version has the following effect:
- ocaml is updated, but there is the usual delay before findlib is rebuilt with 
  the new version
- yum update says that in order to upgrade ocaml, findlib has to be removed
  (because a rebuilt findlib is not yet available)
- yum updates ocaml and removes findlib
- the user must remember to regularly try to install findlib which fails until
  a rebuilt version is available
This last step is really annoying and I want to avoid it.


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