* Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> schrieb: > This and some of the other things that I said about pkg-config on this > thread were way too strong, and I want to generally apologize to the > mailing list readers and specifically to all the people who have been > working on pkg-config. I got defensive and annoyed for reasons that > really weren't justified, and reacted by being very negative about > software that didn't deserve it.
Forget about it. Maillists tend to raise such flames from time to time (probably due limitations / awkward filtering effects of this medium, especially when many people aren't native speakers of the used language). > I'm still not convinced that I want to use pkg-config as part of the build > process of my software, and there are a few things (like the ease of doing > version comparisons instead of feature checks) that I don't particularly > like about how it works, but it certainly has a place. What exactly do you dislike at pkg-config ? > It is, for example, a much better replacement for all the incompatible > *-config scripts. Indeed. > The next releases of my various library packages will all ship pkg-config > *.pc files. I just pushed the deltas for remctl, since it was an easy > initial testing case. Very well. That's a good start :) cu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weig...@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100921101142.gc13...@nibiru.local
