On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 2:11 AM Didier Fabert <didier.fab...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How to deal with package which add new cool feature, but unfortunately
> by adding bundled (static) libraries ?
>
> 1. I do nothing, this feature cannot be included this way
> 2. I can add the feature because libraries are statically linked
> 3. I can add the feature anyway if I declare bundled libs in spec file
> 4. Other choice...
>

The guidelines[1] are pretty clear here.

If the libraries are available in Fedora and upstream provides a mechanism
to use them you MUST.

If upstream does not provide a mechanism, (and I'll add, it's not easily
worked around in the package), then it is acceptable to bundle the
libraries, but...

You must declare it in the package, with the version of the bundled library
if at all possible. I've run into a few situations where it was more of a
fork than a bundled library and the version was totally unidentifiable.

Thanks,
Richard

[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#bundling
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