Bug#359315: (no subject)

[Max Bowsher]

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Peter Samuelson wrote:
> [Max Bowsher]
>> Perhaps subversion should
>>  "Depends: libsvn0 (= ${Source-Version})" ?
>>
>> This would avoid potential for confusion.
> 
> Hmmm.  On the one hand, in Debian we try to keep our dependencies only
> as tight as they need to be - to support partial upgrades as best we
> can, and maintain as much flexibility as we can.
> 
> On the other hand, I can't think of any situations either, where
> someone would want to upgrade libsvn0 but not the client, or downgrade
> the client but not the library.  I expect user interface backward
> compatibility in the clients will continue to be excellent, so that
> users won't have to fear breaking their scripts that wrap svn, svnlook,
> etc.
> 
> I think I agree, we should tighten the dependency.  I'll do that for
> the next upload.

Oh. That is a possible, though very rare use case.
Compatibility is good, but not absolute: In 1.2, additional columns were
added to the output of at least one command (update, maybe?) to fit in
the extra status letters used for locking.

It might never happen again within 1.x, but since that factored into
your decision, I thought I should just mention it.

Max.
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