On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 11:24 -0500, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > I mean, copylibs have existed forever, usually by just copying files > around from project A to project B, and back from project B to project > A. Why does structuring this process in a git submodule make it > suddenly illegal in Fedora review? >
I cannot speak for Fedora but ARAIK the packagers don't like bundles as if you have security issue with library X you need to track and find all users instead of patching in one place. In addition you might get symbol collisions if you are not careful. > I'm quite opposed to making gsystem a shared library. libgsystem is, > to me, 1) a way to put non-portable Linux-specific or gcc-specific > stuff, 2) a staging ground for GLib components, for projects that want > to get real-world usage before they land in GLib. And I'm sort of not > a fan of 2), since it means that there's no motivation to get stuff > into GLib (think of all the churn that happened with GSubprocess). > > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Debarshi Ray <rishi...@lostca.se> > wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 03:21:06PM +0000, Colin Walters wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Jasper St. Pierre > > <jstpie...@mecheye.net> wrote: > > > > > > What was the issue that happened in Fedora package review? > Why > > > doesn't it apply to our copylibs right now, or e.g. libgd? > > > > > I think no one noticed libgd...review only happens on > initial > > submission, there's no real rigorous ongoing process (I > won't comment > > on the sanity of this model now). > > > Packages using libgd often have 'Provides: bundled(libgd)' in > their > spec files. > > Cheers, > Debarshi > > -- > Wearing non-prescription glasses and embracing obscurity > doesn't > necessarily make you a hipster. -- Anonymous > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > > > -- > Jasper > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
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