Bug#1067569: RFS: libsmb2/4.0.0-1 [ITP]-- SMB2/3 client library

[Joe Mondloch <joe@mondloch.net>]

On Aug 6, 2024, at 7:33 AM, Phil Wyett <philip.wyett@kathenas.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 00:42:04 +0500 Andrey Rakhmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
> wrote:
>> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>> 
>> You should provide a separate -dev package, currently the development
>> files are shipped in the library package.
>> There is a hardcoded Depends: libkrb5-3, why is this needed?
>> There are unused files in debian/, such as libsmb2-dev.* and libsmb21.*.
>> You should remove the .la file instead of fixing it, unless something
>> needs it.
>> You shouldn't call dh_installexamples in override_dh_install.
>> 
>> Please remove the moreinfo tag after these are addressed.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> WBR, wRAR
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> It has now bee some time with no updates or feedback from you as the
> submitter to the reuest for more information by Andrey. Is there still
> motivation to move forward getting this package ready and into
> Debian?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Phil


Hi Phil,

Yes, I do believe there is benefit to having libsmb2 in Debian. It’d allow me to release a new version of Medusa which now has a dependency on the library. I’ll revisit the requests.

Joe