Re: Upgrading dssp, cif-tools, density-fitness and others
Hi Maarten,
Am Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 11:26:16AM +0200 schrieb Maarten L. Hekkelman:
> I would love to update my code in Debian, but the trouble is that Debian
> demands shared libraries and when they break binary compatibility you have
> to update the SONAME. And that means a new entry in the queue and waiting
> for months. By the time the new SONAME is accepted, me being upstream will
> have broken binary compatibility again.
Thanks for the explanation. If you ask me it makes sense to stabelise
sometime in "autumn" since we will have freeze in beginning of next
year. So there should be enough time to pass NEW and adjust the
software stack.
> And all my programs depend on libcifpp, which is in active development.
>
> So, I'm a bit reluctant to update, it is so much work. If I were allowed to
> make libcifpp a static library only, it would be much easier.
There is nobody stopping you to do things that are considered "dirty".
There are simply good reasons to use shared (*and* static) libraries and
thus I'd be happy if we could provide both if possible anyhow.
> Anyway, I'll try to find some time to update the code myself.
Cool.
Thanks a lot for your support
Andreas.
> regards, -maarten
>
> Op 19-07-2022 om 10:38 schreef Andreas Tille:
> > Hi Maarten,
> >
> > I realised that several packages you are Uploader (and upstream author?)
> > for have new version numbers. Would you mind updating this software
> > stack? Its not really urgent - I just wanted to express that I will not
> > touch these in my current attempt to upgrade our outdated packages.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Andreas.
> >
>
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> Maarten L. Hekkelman
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>
>
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