On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 16:53 +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > Am Samstag, den 07.02.2009, 15:06 +0100 schrieb Bram Senders: > > I remember what the problem was; contextfree contains a copy of portions > > of the source of the AntriGrain Geometry library, which is in Debian as > > libagg-dev. This is not allowed as of Debian Policy 3.8.0 (although I > > think the package would now be okay as per Policy 3.7.3). > > > > However, I don't understand how to remove the agg portions from the > > contextfree source, because of two reasons: > > > > 1. The agg .cpp files are used by the contextfree Makefile to > > produce .d files. But I cannot reproduce this using the > > libagg-dev package, as this only includes the headers and > > some .a files. > > 2. The contextfree Makefile compiles the agg files into .o and > > links using them, but libagg-dev only provides the .a files. > > > > All in all, I simply know too little about building these kinds of > > things to be able to get this working properly. I have a working > > version of the contextfree 2.2 Debian package up on > > http://rabarber.luon.net/~bram/Debian/contextfree/, but this builds > > using the internal copy of the agg sources. Anyone care to help fix > > this? Joachim, Paul? > > > > Or is it allowed to upload a package using an outdated Debian Policy? > > if your build is doing something special to the sources, it is no longer > a “convenience copy” (or at least it can be argued that this is the > case). > > I’d suggest you upload the package, with policy 3.8.0, and note in > debian/copyright or debian/README.source the reasons you are using the > included agg code. Then you should file a wishlist bug against > libagg-dev if it is possible for them to ship the required .d files, so > that eventually you can make use of that. Mention the bugreport number > in your explanation. I think this should satisfy the requirements by the > policy. > > Note that even policy is not a set of rules that are absolute, but a > description of common and approved practice – if there are valid reasons > to diverge from them, then do it.
Okay, thanks, I got it! I managed to link it to the library in libagg-dev anyway, but still used contextfree's copy of the libagg header files, because these were changed significantly, and I mentioned this in debian/README.source as you said. Now Paul can upload this, and hopefully it'll actually get in Debian this time ;-) Thanks for the help and motivation! Bram -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
