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> I doubt that the Debian guys are willing to forget about headers.
> 
> The longer I look at it, the more desperate the situation seems. The
> new IEEE 1076-2008 license [1] allows distribution of unmodified
> sources, but does not explicitly allow distribution in compiled form.
> This may imply that the compiled library can not be part of a binary
> GHDL distribution.
> 
> I think the best solution is to split the package:
> 
> 1) I will remove all library files except STD from the GHDL Debian
> package. The package can go to Debian contrib.
> 
> 2) I will create a separate package with the mentor, synopsys and
> ieee2008 library sources. This package can go to Debian non-free.
> During post-installation, this package will split the library sources
> into separate versions for v87 and v93 and compile them with GHDL.
> 
> It is a somewhat disappointing outcome. I had really hoped to
> reinstate
> a fully functional GHDL package in Debian main, but I don't see a
> good
> way to do that.

I agree with your 'best solution'.  That's the safe way.
I also think we should discuss with ieee.

Tristan.

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