On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Frank Bergmann <fedora-de...@tuxad.de>wrote:
> Hello, > > I freshly subscribed this list after reading that dietlibc seems to be > unmaintained. > ( > http://mm3test.fedoraproject.org/hyperkitty/list/de...@mm3test.fedoraproject.org/thread/BP7LYYNGQA2DDTNFNS3EJXX3AGNZRNAX/ > ) > > What's the current status of dietlibc in Fedora and how can it be checked? > Last built was done by Jon Ciesla on 2013-03-27. > > Unmaintained how? Speaking as the current maintainer, my plans have been to migrate any packages using it to glibc, but the keep dietlibc in the distro for developer use. I believe I've got that largely finished. Is there something you'd like to see done? -J > On Sun Mar 3 03:21:06 UTC 2013, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > We agree then. But if we want to keep dietlibc, it needs to be fixed to > > comply with the packaging guidelines and best practices, i.e.: > > * Shared library build needs to be enabled. I see no reason to build this > > library as static only as Enrico is doing. We tolerate this where > upstream > > does not support shared builds at all, but this is not the case here. > > * The main package should contain the shared library (and the > documentation > > that's relevant at runtime, in particular COPYING) only. Right now it > > contains some stuff which probably belongs into -devel. > > * The main package must not require -devel as it does now. > > * The -devel package should not contain the static library, which should > > instead be in a -static subpackage. > > * The -lib package (which is currently not built by default, it contains > the > > shared library if you enable shared build) should simply be the main > > package. It doesn't make sense to have a -lib subpackage of a library. > > * The -header subpackage should really be called -headers (There's more > than > > one header! And it'd also be consistent with glibc.) or folded into > -devel > > (though then it can't be noarch anymore). > > If you are actually looking for a maintainer and the policies/rules are > not too difficult then I would do this job (before you throw dietlibc out > of Fedora). :-) > > best regards > Frank > -- > 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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