Re: Please help building static library for new version of portmidi
Hi Andrius,
Am Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 10:07:16AM +0300 schrieb Andrius Merkys:
> On 2025-07-01 08:55, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > I've updated portmidi to the latest upstream version. The
> > CMakeLists.txt file only creates the shared library. I'd be really
> > happy if someone could provide a patch / MR to the Salsa repository[1]
> > to create the static library in addition to provide the same
> > functionality as the old portmidi devel package had.
>
> Just curious: why do you need the old devel package functionality? Are there
> many reverse dependencies relying on portmidi static library? If the
> upstream has switched to shared-only, maybe it would be better to transition
> the rdeps for trixie+1 instead.
I try to
1. follow Debian Library Packaging guide[2] (if it might be considered
outdated we should probably review this guide
2. try to not change to much on a package that is not actually my own
and keep it as close as the original maintainer has designed the package
Kind regards
Andreas.
> > [1] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/portmidi
[2] https://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#id249952
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