Hello folks! Debian users have tried out installing more recent SyncEvolution packages and ran into issues that apply to all distros shipping SyncEvolution. I'd like to raise awareness of these issues and discuss how to solve them.
SyncEvolution depends on features in recent libsynthesis, for example additional XML tags. Running SyncEvolution with an old libsynthesis will trigger XML parser errors. First problem: because the ABI of libsynthesis has not changed, the soname of libsynthesis has not been changed either. If I had, older code using libsynthesis would have unnecessarily been prevented from using the more recent libsynthesis. To solve this, add versioned dependencies to your SyncEvolution packages. To be on the safe side, please assume that SyncEvolution always depends on the version of libsynthesis that it is bundled with. Second problem: syncevo-dbus-server might be running while packages are updated, which leads to the situation that it uses an old libsynthesis in memory. I'm not entirely sure how to solve that second problem. I could try dynamic loading of libsynthesis, but that only covers the libsynthesis dependency and not the update of SyncEvolution itself, nor of any of the other shared libraries in use by the process. If anyone has suggestions for how user-space restarts are meant to be handled by distros, then please let me know. -- Best Regards, Patrick Ohly The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter. _______________________________________________ SyncEvolution mailing list SyncEvolution@syncevolution.org http://lists.syncevolution.org/listinfo/syncevolution
