Bug#476284: bullet package name/numbering

2013-01-28 Thread Vincent Fourmond
Hi ! On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Markus Koschany wrote: > Hi Scott and Vincent, > > thank you for your feedback. At the moment i see two alternatives > (three if a static library is not a taboo) > > I'm using CMAKE as build system because it is better supported by > upstream. I can achieve

Bug#476284: bullet package name/numbering

2013-01-26 Thread Scott Howard
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Markus Koschany wrote: > Hi Scott and Vincent, > > thank you for your feedback. At the moment i see two alternatives > (three if a static library is not a taboo) Static is not taboo and can be included in -dev packages. Depending maintainers, however, are strongl

Bug#476284: bullet package name/numbering

2013-01-26 Thread Markus Koschany
On Thu, 17. Jan 16:44 Scott Howard wrote: > If your library belongs to a package that doesn't believe in sane > SONAME version numbering, but instead releases based on version > numbers that have nothing to do with binary compatibility, it is > sometimes best to use the -release LDFLAG: Hi Scott

Bug#476284: bullet package name/numbering

2013-01-24 Thread Markus Koschany
On Thu, 17. Jan 16:44 Scott Howard wrote: > Hello, late to the party but wanted to put in a comment regarding > library package naming/versioning. Please ignore this if it has > already been discussed and i missed it in the thread) Hi Scott, you aren't late to the party, it never stops. :) I hav

Bug#476284: bullet package name/numbering

2013-01-17 Thread Scott Howard
Hello, late to the party but wanted to put in a comment regarding library package naming/versioning. Please ignore this if it has already been discussed and i missed it in the thread) If your library belongs to a package that doesn't believe in sane SONAME version numbering, but instead releases b