Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

Il 20/11/2016 21:38, Nico Kadel-Garcia ha scritto: >> I think it would be nice to make a discussion even for non Python >> packages, so we can elaborate a sort of vademecum that a packager >> could show to upstreams when there is a collaboration between them. >> >> Have a nice day > Most upstream

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On 21 November 2016 at 21:49, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:42 AM, Piotr Ozarowski wrote: >> In Debian we have https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide >> I guess more official, cross-distro document that we all point upstream >> authors to

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On 21 November 2016 at 21:49, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:42 AM, Piotr Ozarowski wrote: >> In Debian we have https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide >> I guess more official, cross-distro document that we all point upstream >> authors to

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

Il 20/11/2016 21:38, Nico Kadel-Garcia ha scritto: >> I think it would be nice to make a discussion even for non Python >> packages, so we can elaborate a sort of vademecum that a packager >> could show to upstreams when there is a collaboration between them. >> >> Have a nice day > Most upstream

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:42 AM, Piotr Ozarowski wrote: > Hi, > > [Germano Massullo, 2016-11-20] >> We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their >> code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. >> This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 4:42 AM, Piotr Ozarowski wrote: > Hi, > > [Germano Massullo, 2016-11-20] >> We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their >> code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. >> This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

Hi, [Germano Massullo, 2016-11-20] > We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their > code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. > This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier > the work of packagers. > In this case the software is

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Nov 20, 2016 1:49 AM, "Germano Massullo" wrote: > > We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their > code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. > This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier > the work of

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 2:48 AM, Germano Massullo wrote: > We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their > code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. > This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier > the

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Sun, 2016-11-20 at 15:42 +, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > I think it comes down to: > - don't bundle, > - if you have to bundle, provide an easy and unambiguous configure > switch >   to use the system version of the dependency, > - never, never, patch stuff in-tree. - Don't

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 08:48:27AM +0100, Germano Massullo wrote: > We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their > code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. > This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier > the work of packagers. > In

Re: upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 08:48:27AM +0100, Germano Massullo wrote: > We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their > code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. > This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier > the work of packagers. > In

upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier the work of packagers. In this case the software is python-netjsongraph [1] that bundles

upstream dev. asks suggestions about howto make packagers work easier (bundled libraries, etc.)

We often deal with upstream developers that bundle libraries in their code, so to make a package we have to debundle them, etc. This time, an upstream dev. asked me what he could do to make easier the work of packagers. In this case the software is python-netjsongraph [1] that bundles