Re: [Monotone-devel] nvm.stripped failing check for lua

[Brian May]

Richard Levitte wrote:
> Yes.  However, it seems like some packages make the library version
> part of the library *name*, to make sure that you link against exactly
> that version and none else.
>   
In general, this is a real pain in Debian, it means any updates to the 
library may require all clients to be rebuilt.

Unless the library is really unstable and prone to change its API it 
really isn't required, you just use the library soname.

Brian May