On Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 09:42 Remi Collet <fed...@famillecollet.com> wrote:
> Le 13/06/2019 à 20:31, Adam Samalik a écrit : > > So, I'd like to discuss the libgit issue [1] [2] we're experiencing. > With a > > help of a few people, I've put together this post to get us on common > > ground: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/modularity-vs-libgit/ > > > > There are few ideas about solving the issue right now. But we might be > able > > to think about better ways to deal with similar issues long-term. Let's > do > > this! > > IMHO, having library in modules is an error, this can only raise issues > > Perhaps debian was right, and we should use a naming schema matching the > library ABI, so including the soname > > libgit26-0.26.8 > libgit27-0.27.8 > libgit28-0.28.1 > etc > > Thanks to soname, library are perfect use case for parallel installation > of multiple versions. > I agree, this is a way better solution for libraries (where possible). > And thanks to range version, this can be describe for dependencies. > > BuildRequires: (pkgconfig(libgit) >=26 with pkgconfig(libgit) <= 27) > > Yes, this will means more packages, and more reviews, but having a new > review on a old library when soname change make sense. > Compat packages for existing libraries are already exempt from package review, so that's not an issue. > Of course, old versions have to be retired when no more used > This is already what's happening with versioned llvm, for example. > Modules are fine for applications. > > > Remi > > > P.S. yes compat_* name schema also works... but also consider it as a > bit ugly... > The Packaging Guidelines explicitly state that libfoo0, libfoo0.7 or libgit2_0.27 patterns should be used for compat package names. The compat-foo stuff is outdated. Fabio _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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