some minor Core pruning
Josh Boyer
jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Tue Jun 13 00:16:13 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 18:07 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> writes:
> > Library + binary packages required by nothing (could be killed, or moved):
> > mysqlclient10
> > mysqlclient14
>
> Those are compatibility packages to provide ABI compatibility for
> programs built against old versions of libmysqlclient.so. They were
> always intended to have a limited lifespan --- I don't see a reason to
> carry them forward into FC6, unless we want to offer them in RHEL5.
> Do we promise ABI compatibility across RHEL releases?
Why do RHEL ABI practices have an impact whether or not a package stays
in Fedora Core or gets moved to Fedora Extras?
josh
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