On Dienstag, 15. Mai 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> preserve_old_lib is a horrible hack that shouldn't be being used at all.
> Don't push it as an alternative for proper slotting.

In it's current state it's indeed a horrible hack. But slotting is in many 
cases no solution either. When you have to move headers and other files to 
avoid file collisions and have to adjust every single dependending package 
accordingly, it's quickly getting a ridiculous maintenance nightmare.


Carsten