[Debichem-devel] Packaging of spglib

[Alex Mestiashvili]

On 03/27/2018 10:56 AM, Andrius Merkys wrote:
> On 03/27/2018 10:59 AM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>> I think it will make sense to spend time on splitting and creating a
>> separate, unsupported by upstream package only in case there are other
>> packages which can benefit from that. Otherwise I think it is ok to keep
>> the embedded copy.
> 
> Indeed. On a separate topic, would it be acceptable to include the minor
> version number in the package name (as for example libtk8.x) since the
> upstream might introduce breaking changes in the following minor releases?
> 
> Best,
> Andrius
> 

Not sure that I understand the question correctly.
I would expect that breaking changes in the minor versions are wrong by
design. But in general it is the maintainers decision which version to
support. If a new version introduces problems then it makes sense to
resolve the problems ( for example by talking to upstream) before
uploading the package.

Best regards,
Alex