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At the very least shoulnd't they be providing and supporting multiple major versions on the same system? Major versions are, by definition, for breaking/incomp
by Pxtl 10y ago
At the very least shoulnd't they be providing and supporting multiple major versions on the same system? Major versions are, by definition, for breaking/incompatible changes, so having them being mutually exclusive creates impossible situations doesn't it?
- digi_owl 10y agoWell yes, but using the package name to distinguish them makes it harder for third parties to do packages. This is the complaint that has lead to the development of container based formats in the first place. Thing is that with sonames the actual files are distinguished anyways, so mangling the package names to get around collisions are just an artifact of an overly rigid package manager.