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Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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>> If we changed the name of a package every time there was an API break, |
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>> we would literally have thousands of packages in the tree that essentially |
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>> do the same thing, just with different API's. |
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> Yes, but it would be much more cleaner. Everyone would see what |
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> actually happens. Now its hidden from the user, but not changing |
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> the fact that they're different. |
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Tell me, where is it actually hidden? |
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> I tend to avoid such unstable packages. |
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Nice for you. We don't care. |
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> Thanks for the warning of neon, so I'll never even think of using it. |
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Nice for you. We don't care. |
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> Of course. They're different packages. |
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They have the same name. Different versions. That's how it is upstream and how |
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it should be. |
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Kind Regards, |
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Simon Stelling |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Developer |
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