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Arch and its derivatives (mostly) don't have any of that. Though -dev means stuff only needed when developing against it. Number means major version number (s
by tasn 3y ago
Arch and its derivatives (mostly) don't have any of that.
Though -dev means stuff only needed when developing against it.
Number means major version number (so compatibility number). This way you can easily install multiple major versions as dependencies for different packages without clashing or breaking.
- sph 3y agoArch Linux packaging is the only one that makes sense. If I install openssl, I want everything that upstream ships, which means command line tools, headers, libraries, man pages. The Debian/Ubuntu convention is terrible, and anachronistic. Disk space is cheap, my time is not.
- account42 3y agoYou might but most people don't want OpenSSL headers cluttering up their system just because they installed something that needs to make TLS connections.