On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Nikos Roussos <comzer...@fedoraproject.org>wrote:
> ** > Hi, > > I maintain IDJC [1], which depends on libshout. The latest version though > depends on libshout-idjc a fork of the original library, since the idjc > upstream developer wanted some extra functionality on libshout and didn't > want to wait for libshout upstream to adopt his changes. > > I've read the relevant documentation [2] but I'm not sure what's the best > way to proceed. The good thing that he doesn't bundle his version of > libshout, but instead he has made it a separate release [3], which could > also be packaged for Fedora. But a fork is a fork. > > Should I just make a request for exception and package the forked library > or should the package be orphaned? > > I don't think you need a bundling exception if there's no bundling. We can have both the fork and the original in the distro, I believe. -J > [1] https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/idjc > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries > [3] http://sourceforge.net/projects/idjc/files/ > > -- > Nikos Roussos <http://roussos.cc> > comzeradd @ freenode.net > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- http://cecinestpasunefromage.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------ in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie
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