[ATrpms-users] libdvdcss update has knocked out k3b ?

[John Pilkington]

Anthony Messina wrote:
>
> 
>>> then what's the point of having it in the repository at all?  i can't
>>> imagine that most people looking to use libdvdcss are simply looking to
>>> read the documentation.
>> Just get libdvdcss2 as well. The issue with this particular package is
>> that its use is not autodetected by rpm as it is being done for all
>> other libs due to dlopen.
>>
>> I'll hardwire the dependency to work around this, but for now just get
>> libdvdcss2 as well.
> 
> just asking, but what is the motivation for splitting packages in this way?  
> easier to keep good vs bad separate? i'm sure there is some good reason 
> behind it.

This is the 'Description' shown by Smart: I suppose it's also available 
through rpm.  I'm better informed, but still not much wiser (TM) ;-)

> Shared libraries for package libdvdcss

This package provides the shared libraries libdvdcss.so.2* for the 
package libdvdcss.
Shared libraries are required at runtime for software built against 
libdvdcss.
Keeping shared libraries in a separate package enables their use as
forward/backward compatibility packages.

John P