Re: Compat Libraries (was Re: libcurl.so.2) [mpeters@mac.com]
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:02:53 +0000, Michael A. Peters <mpeters(a)mac.com> wrote:
Maybe "Fedora Extras" is the right place for these
packages, but I
don't know, packages in "Extras" should link against current shared
libraries, and extras maintaining compat-* packages may result in some
maintainers using those instead of rebuilding/patching when needed.
Take a look at the Terminology page on the fedora website. This sounds
like something the Fedora Alternatives namespace is suppose to cover
somewhere along the line.
-jef