Bug#567132: Libgda4 package outdated

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mercredi 27 janvier 2010 à 18:09 +0100, Piotr Pokora a écrit : 
> Josselin Mouette pisze:
> 
> >> -               libxml2-dev (>= 2.4.22),
> >> +               libxml2-dev (>= 2.7.3),
> > 
> > Same here. Why bump this dependency?
> 
> Because libxml2-dev can not be less than 2.7.3 in debian unstable. The
> same applies to cdbs and libglib2.0-dev. It's absolutely safe from
> upstream point of view.

It’s not a question of being safe. Of course it is safe to require
higher versions than the ones actually needed.

However, you should not ask for more than what the package actually
requires, since it is going to complicate the work of people making
backports or using the packages for other purposes. For packages like
glib which ship .symbols files, this will also needlessly bump the
runtime dependency.

> If needed I can prepare new patch which includes all your suggestions.

It can be a good exercise :)
Please also test the package; if you have an application that uses it
heavily, it will better than the kind of testing we can give it.

Cheers,
-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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