A Dilluns 29 Setembre 2008, Neil Williams va escriure: [...] > > > What matters is now - educating upstream to tweak the libtool > > > versioning *separately* from the version string when the ABI next > > > changes. > > > > Uff. Who am I to try to educate to upstream? :-) I can try to send an > > email about it, but ... > > You are the Debian Maintainer. You have a responsibility to work with > upstream in a cooperative, effective and friendly manner. You need to > talk with upstream, persuade them, advise them, recommend changes, > listen to them, understand their perspective and make a relationship > with them.
OK, explained in this way I like it :-). > > > Take a look at my own library (upstream and Debian) - QOF. > > > > you use cdbs ... I don't like it, but it's just my opinion.... > > What we are discussing here is not related to the Debian packaging, > CDBS is not an issue here. Nothing you do with these SONAME issues > needs to have anything to do with CDBS. SONAME work happens upstream, > in debian/control and only partially in debian/rules. Arrg!! really we are having difficulties to understand us today. Probably is my fault because I have been very cryptic. I have seen several packages learning how they do that. Using cdbs is a bit opaque to someone who wants to learn. Of course it's nothing to an issue here. Sorry for the noise. > > > That is how the SONAME should be set. > > > > That's what I wanted to know!!!! But I will not patch upstream. > > No, you should not patch upstream to do things like that. SONAMEs are > an upstream decision. You need a relationship with upstream where you > listen to them and they listen to you. Yes, ok. [...] > > Build a relationship first - get on their side and work with them - > don't just bash them. Ok. [...] > > > > Yes, this is the first thing that I thought. But, my main problem is that > > the software that I would like to package (because I like or I use or I > > think intersting, etc), in general _ALL_ are libraries, so what's > > supposed that should I to do? > > Find some other orphaned binary packages to work on? > > > Package a software that I don't like, or I don't use? > > Use wnpp-alert or rc-alert and find something that you do use. Well, I'm trying to target in the specific area that i use. > > I'm not be able to maintain a package that I don't use/like. I prefer to > > make the afford to package something to me important. > > Of course, that is essential to all of us. However, you don't just use > libraries - you have to use some binaries, at least some of them could > be useful to package, even if you don't try to get them sponsored. Depend, if you are a developer you use libraries. That was the reason. Regards, Leo -- -- Linux User 152692 PGP: 0xF944807E Catalonia
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