F14 vlc update problem.

[Joe Zeff]

On 03/25/2011 12:25 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> False. Due to the changed SONAME, the program would not even start.
> The dynamic linker would fail to find the "old" library. That's why
> the dependency is on a specific SONAME and not ">=".

I'm not quite sure I understand this.  Are you saying that the 
dependency is on a specific version, not *at least* a specific version 
because the developer doesn't want to take the chance that some needed 
feature isn't backward compatible?  If not, why be so fussy?  (Please 
note that this isn't meant as a challenge; I'm sure there's a good 
reason that I'm not aware of.)