On 30 April 2012 00:08, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Sunday 29 April 2012 18:40:00 Jeff Horelick wrote: >> On 29 April 2012 18:11, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> > the canonical pkg-config is getting fat. it requires glib-2. it runs >> > pkg- config when building. glib-2 requires pkg-config. whee. >> > >> > for our normal systems, this isn't a big deal. but we'd like to enable a >> > lighter alternative for embedded/alternative systems. as such, i'd like >> > to introduce a virtual/pkgconfig that allows for selection of simpler >> > (but compatible) implementations. >> > >> > we've got an implementation in perl (i'm not interested in), but there is >> > also "pkg-config-lite" and "pkgconf". they should be compatible with >> > the canonical pkg-config. they aren't yet in the tree, but will be once >> > we agree on this topic. >> > >> > any comments ? >> >> I'd just like to say, i'm also an Atheme project member and I have >> authorisation from nenolod (the primary pkgconf developer) to make >> changes and stuff, so I can upstream any changes necessary to make >> pkgconf work for us. > > that sounds really good. i sent you some patches ;). > > however, it's missing pkg.m4. any thoughts on that ? > -mike
The patches look pretty good. As far as the solution for pkg.m4...I just gave it a second look and noticed it's GPLv2+ which means the license is compatible with pkgconf's (I thought it was GPLv3, which would've meant it wasn't compatible)...We'll work on getting those patches and the pkg.m4 in the tree and getting a 0.2 release rolled out in the next day or 2.
