On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 03:08:21PM +0200, Roland Plüss wrote: > > On 5/30/20 2:00 PM, Tobias Frost wrote: > > * Update to my hints list: There is a fox package, fox-1.6 [1]; you'll > > know for > > sure if it suitable… > > > > [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fox1.6 > > > I've seen that. I need though fox1.7 since 1.6 is not compatible to 1.7 > . There had been API breaking changes in 1.7 . > > If this is a vital problem please tell me. It's not possible to remove > fox1.7 requirement unless various parts of the package are not build > (namely the basic crash recovery module, the gui launcher and the entire > IGDE).
Yes, this gonna be a problem due to the Debian Policy about embedded code copies [1]. I see those options: - talk to the fox-1.6 maintainer about updating the package to 1.7. (though I see that they generally stick to released versions and 1.7.* seems to be only development snapshots; a question to ask: is the 1.7 ABI stable already?) - make the features optional that requires 1.7 - use only 1.6 features (listed for completeness, as you said you can't) [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#embedded-code-copies -- tobi
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