Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-18 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Enrico Zini [Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:42:58 +]: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 03:03:22PM +, Simon Huggins wrote: > > Is there a reason you need this now and can't wait until you've managed > > to argue for the shared library from upstream and cajoule them into > > producing a .so? > > I had an u

Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-18 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 03:03:22PM +, Simon Huggins wrote: > Is there a reason you need this now and can't wait until you've managed > to argue for the shared library from upstream and cajoule them into > producing a .so? > I had an upstream that wasn't very confident with soname changes and >

Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-17 Thread Roger Leigh
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:04:10PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:42:37AM +, Enrico Zini wrote: > > - call the shared library package libgribapi0d, adding the extra d to > >signify that it is a Debian specific shared library: that way, the > >name a future lib

Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-17 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:42:37AM +, Enrico Zini wrote: > - call the shared library package libgribapi0d, adding the extra d to >signify that it is a Debian specific shared library: that way, the >name a future library provided by upstream will not conflict > - at that point, I can d

Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-17 Thread Simon Huggins
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:42:37AM +, Enrico Zini wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:17:37AM +, Enrico Zini wrote: > > I would like to get to the point of uploading #519184. However I have > > one issue on which I'm unsure: the library API and ABI would be stable > > enough, but upstream

Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-17 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:17:37AM +, Enrico Zini wrote: > I would like to get to the point of uploading #519184. However I have > one issue on which I'm unsure: the library API and ABI would be stable > enough, but upstream is not building or supporting shared libraries yet. > Last time I as

Re: Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-17 Thread Federico Di Gregorio
Il giorno mar, 17/03/2009 alle 10.17 +, Enrico Zini ha scritto: > Hello, > > I would like to get to the point of uploading #519184. However I have > one issue on which I'm unsure: the library API and ABI would be stable > enough, but upstream is not building or supporting shared libraries yet

Packaging a library when upstream does not build a .so

2009-03-17 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello, I would like to get to the point of uploading #519184. However I have one issue on which I'm unsure: the library API and ABI would be stable enough, but upstream is not building or supporting shared libraries yet. Last time I asked, he had some libtool problem in some obscure architecture