On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:10:02AM -0800, Marc Oscar Singer wrote: > Gerrit Pape wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 02:51:17PM -0800, Marc Oscar Singer wrote: > >>Even though there is a report here that closes the bug, the package > >>isn't available. > >It's been available for a very short time, look for git-core-dev in > >/usr/share/doc/git-core/changelog.Debian.gz
> >>Is it likely that we'll see anything here ever? In other words, I have > >>a package that > >>depends on libgit that downloads git as part of the build--probably not > >>an acceptable > >>build methodology. Am I going to have an option to build it using > >>libgit from git-core? > > > >It depends on upstream. Back then, Junio asked to not provide such a > >library package in Debian, and I respect that. There've been some plans > >and effort to stabilize the lib in the past, but I'm not sure about the > >status. > > > Would it be a compromise to provide libgit.a as a static library for > until it stabilizes? That's not the compromise, that's the option, I don't know any plans about a shared library. The git-core-dev package that was available for short included such a static library. You really need to talk to upstream if you want this libgit.a. Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
