Re: Creation of pkgconfig file for libraries that do not ship one
On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 12:03:01PM +0100, Guido Aulisi wrote: > Hi, > can we create a pkgconfig file for libraries that do not ship one? > I did not find anything about that in our packaging policy. > > A bug was filed [0] about a missing pkgconfig file for zita-convolver > library and I'm thinking og creating the missing pkgconfig file > myself. I can certainly understand the desire to have a pkgconfig file for every library that exists. With my app developer hat though on I'd encourage you *not* to add this in downstream Fedora packaging, as this effectively forks the project from the POV. Any application which depends on use of the pkg-config file will now only build in Fedora, or other distros which have also added the non-upstream pkg-config file. If they keep fallback logic for the non-pkg-config case, this makes their life even harder as now they have 2 ways to detect dependancies to maintain & hope they both have the same semantics. Thus I'd encourage you to take the request for a pkg-config file straight to the upstream project. Most projects are receptive to this kind of thing, especially if you're providing the patch. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o-https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o-https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org-o-https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Creation of pkgconfig file for libraries that do not ship one
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 6:03 AM Guido Aulisi wrote: > > Hi, > can we create a pkgconfig file for libraries that do not ship one? > I did not find anything about that in our packaging policy. > > A bug was filed [0] about a missing pkgconfig file for zita-convolver > library and I'm thinking og creating the missing pkgconfig file > myself. > > Thank you > Guido > > FAS: tartina > > [0]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809043 In general, if you want to do this, you should contribute it upstream. Those files are only useful if people can actually use them, and generally they are only used if upstream has them. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
Creation of pkgconfig file for libraries that do not ship one
Hi, can we create a pkgconfig file for libraries that do not ship one? I did not find anything about that in our packaging policy. A bug was filed [0] about a missing pkgconfig file for zita-convolver library and I'm thinking og creating the missing pkgconfig file myself. Thank you Guido FAS: tartina [0]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809043 ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
