On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 02:12:47PM +0100, Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Mike Hommey wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 02:49:12AM +0100, Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Because of this. Binaries which link to a SONAME which only exist in > > > distributions inventing a SONAME don't work elsewhere. Binaries built > > > on Fedora (and Debian if i'd apply it if shared libs' future in hunspell > > > is uncertain) are not able to use it somewhere else where only the > > > "normal" upstream contents are packaged. Of course, binary-only things > > > suck and you most times have the source to rebuild it, but... > > > > Debian doesn't guaranty binary compatibility of its binaries with other > > distributions. > > I know, but that is not an argument to deliberately break it. > If a incompatibility happens, ok, but... > > > > (...) > > > What is your argument exactly for not linking to link against that static > > > lib? Only because it's static? That argument IMHO doesn't really > > > score... > > > Many things link against static libs - simply becaus ethere's no shared > > > lib (yet) upstream. > > > > > > My points are: > > > - you are blocking usage of superior dicts (hunspell-*) elsewhere > > > (OOo, enchant/abiword) by not supporting hunspell in Ice* for those > > > that use OOo or enchant/abiword and some Ice animal. > > > (And I want to get myspell removed for etch+1...) > > > > OTOH, you are blocking better hunspell for ... no reason. > > I am currently blocking a shared library only (and I din't think > "blocking" fits it at all since plain upstream does not have any shared > library). > That doesn't improve hunspell (as the engine) in any way. The effect also > is there with the static library and when hunspell finally has a shared lib > you can build against that. > > And in any case, adding a new shared lib now is too late for etch anyway > whereas linking with hunspell can be done for etch still.
Adding a new shared lib is too late but doing untested and unsupported things is not. mwarf. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
