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List:       opensuse-packaging
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-packaging] -devel package name constrained by shlib
From:       Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400 () aim ! com>
Date:       2011-05-27 14:57:28
Message-ID: 1306507528.3416.4.camel () linux-badshah ! site
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On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 13:50 +0100, Tejas Guruswamy wrote:
> On 24/05/11 13:31, Atri wrote:
> >
> > If someone could tell me if it possible for the -devel package 
> > depending on a single shlib package to have a different name instead 
> > of following the shlib package name closely, without getting rpmlint 
> > to throw warnings, it would be a big help.
> >
> > Thanks, and bye
> >
> > -- 
> > Atri
> >
> > [1] 
> > https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=plplot&project=home:badshah400
> > [2] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Shared_library_packaging_policy
> 
> If the libraries within the package are
> 1) tightly bound to the main program version, i.e. they release in 
> lock-step and won't work unless versions match
> 2) not going to be used by any other package without having the main 
> program as well
> then it should fall under the exceptions to the SLPP and you should 
> package them within the main package (because then they aren't true 
> shared libraries, they ideally could be packaged as modules and not 
> installed in /usr/lib* but instead in /usr/lib/%{name} -- but that's an 
> issue to raise with upstream)
> 
>  From what I would guess about your application, this is probably the 
> case, so it's probably sufficient to have a binary package (or maybe 
> split by frontend -qt -gtk or whatever) with a single -devel package. 
> Easier than struggling with hundreds of packages with crazy names that 
> would always have to be installed & removed together.
> 
> Regards,
> Tejas

Thanks Tejas. I was splitting up the various packages because it would
mean less download over the internet for a user. I mean not everyone
would need the tcl, wxwidgets and qt bindings so they could just leave
them off. Don't you think this is the right thing to do?


-- 
Atri

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