Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: wishlist Moi!
I have prepared a package of libdv, a library to de- and encode digital video data, and noted that it violates current policy: The x86 version of the library contains optimized assembler routines that are not relocatable. Therefore, the lib on x86 won't build as a shared library, which is in conflict with the first paragraph of debian-policy sect. 11.2, mandating also shared versions of each lib. I have contacted upstream about this, and they prefer to keep libdv static-only for performance reasons. When I brought up this issue on debian-devel, it was suggested I build a libdv-dev package only across all archs and request a policy change allowing static-only uploads as well in special cases. Regards, Daniel. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux antares 2.4.3 #1 SMP Fri Mar 30 11:02:46 CEST 2001 i686 Versions of packages debian-policy depends on: ii fileutils 4.0.43-1 GNU file management utilities.
