Hello, I've recently packaged subsurface 4.2 for experimental, because it depends on libgit2 which is in experimental…
I think you might want to read these posts: http://lists.hohndel.org/pipermail/subsurface/2014-August/014520.html http://lists.hohndel.org/pipermail/subsurface/2014-August/014524.html > And this is just one reason why distributions should not do the whole > insane "dynamic linking only" strategy. > Dynamic linking should be for core distro packages only. Not for random > other stuff. That's *particularly* true for random oddball libraries (is > libgit2 but also libdivecomputer or even things like libxml). > The advantages of dynamic linking are totally negated by (a) versioning > issues and (b) lack of wide sharing. > Just look at what all external entities end up *having* to do (ie think > valve etc). Debian should rethink its policies wrt dynamic libraries, > because the current one is wrong for users, and wrong for developers. But > also wrong for purely technical reasons. > Could someone involved with Debian please try to take this issue up? I'm > fed up with how the kernel makes binary compatibility such a priority, only > to have distributions throw all that sanity and effort away. > Linus I have no opinion on the topic at the moment, except that it is no ideal to have the new version stuck in experimental, but I thought it is worth to relay and have some discussion about this. Best -- Salvo Tomaselli "Io non mi sento obbligato a credere che lo stesso Dio che ci ha dotato di senso, ragione ed intelletto intendesse che noi ne facessimo a meno." -- Galileo Galilei http://ltworf.github.io/ltworf/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1574687.GHilZWckv4@hal9000
