<heading>Development files</heading>
<p>
- The development files associated to a shared library need to be
- placed in a package called
- <package><var>libraryname</var><var>soversion</var>-dev</package>,
+ If there are development files associated with a shared library,
+ the source package needs to generate a binary development package
+ named <package><var>libraryname</var><var>soversion</var>-dev</package>,
or if you prefer only to support one development version at a
- time, <package><var>libraryname</var>-dev</package>.
+ time, <package><var>libraryname</var>-dev</package>. Installing
+ the development package must result in installation of all the
+ development files necessary for compiling programs against that
+ shared library.<footnote>
+ This wording allows the development files to be split into
+ several packages, such as a separate architecture-independent
+ <package><var>libraryname</var>-headers</package>, provided that
+ the development package depends on all the required additional
+ packages.
+ </footnote>
</p>
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