Regarding library names in Ubuntu

[Alexander Sack]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:22:26AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
> 
> Out of interest, is it explained anywhere my Debian made this decision?
> 
> I tried Google and changelog research, but couldn't find an answer to that.
> 

two reasons come to my mind (not sure, but thats what i think):

 1. to better integrate with debian mechanism for tracking for library
 dependencies
 2. proactive protection against eventual ABI breakage.


 - Alexander