On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 10:16:49AM +0100, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > I ask for a standpoint for #400140 [1] which asks for put back > library .la files into libneon26{,-gnutls-}-dev . They were removed due > to #386652 [2], where the Subversion packaging team asked for their > removal. But #400140 [1] says the upstream Subversion source can not be > compiled without them.
So smack subversion upstream and tell them not to do stupid things like referencing .la files directly. (Also smack neon upstream for having a --la-file option to neon-config. :) > So should I let them back to the packages or not? I don't want to ruin > anything as we are close to Etch. The neon26 packages have big reverse > dependencies like Subversion and Openoffice.org . No, if nothing in Debian needs it, please don't re-add .la files. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]