Bug#560541: pkgconfig file in libsvm-dev? [was: Bug#560541: libsvm-ruby: FTBFS]

2009-12-15 Thread Michael Schutte
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 09:27:44AM +0800, Chen-Tse Tsai wrote: Sorry for the inconvenience. This is because we think libsvm is only a simple library(one header and one library), also we want to keep it as simple as possible and as close to upstream as possible. If it causes too many

Bug#560541: [DRE-maint] Bug#560541: pkgconfig file in libsvm-dev? [was: Bug#560541: libsvm-ruby: FTBFS]

2009-12-15 Thread Rudi Cilibrasi
I am planning on abandoning libsvm-ruby like I orphaned the libsvm package. In my opinion there is little chance for the upstream packaging to be improved in LIBSVM as I have been trying to convince upstream to do certain improvements for years and they resisted. Now I am reducing my investment

Bug#560541: pkgconfig file in libsvm-dev? [was: Bug#560541: libsvm-ruby: FTBFS]

2009-12-14 Thread Michael Schutte
Hi! libsvm-ruby relies on a libsvm.pc file to figure out how to build with libsvm. This convenience has gone away between the 2.89-1 and 2.90-1 uploads of your package, causing libsvm-ruby to FTBFS on a QA rebuild. The libsvm changelog simply states, | * Removed libsvm.pc from libsvm-dev. May