... that kills my idea anyway :-) I'll try to provide a summary as of tomorrow morning - thanks for the links!
So - it's not "morning" anymore, but finally I found the time to read the articles - and a really short summary would read:
- The Name: lib<libraryname><soversion> and lib<libraryname>-dev , if there is no need for multiple versions of the dev-files.
- The Contents: Any additional binary (such as ppl_lcdd) might go into lib<libraryname><soversion>-runtime or lib<libraryname>-dev ; Furthermore only lib<libraryname>-dev may (and should) provide a symbolic link in /usr/lib/lib<libraryname>.so to /usr/lib/lib<libraryname>.so.<soversion>
Furthermore, it is ok to have multiple libraries in a single package. Last, but not least, the shlibs-system should be used to provide the necessary dependency-information - please read and follow
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-shli...
HTH, Michael