Bug#704587: ITP: libtcod -- an API for roguelike developpers
* Oohara Yuuma <oohara@libra.interq.or.jp> [130404 09:26]:
> The upstream makefile says:
>
> > libtcod.so : $(TEMP)/libtcod/release $(LIBOBJS_C_RELEASE)
> > gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $(LIBOBJS_C_RELEASE) $(ZLIB_LIBS) $(PNG_LIBS) $(SDL_LIBS) $(CFLAGS) $(OPENGL_LIB)
>
> Please discuss the SONAME version with the upstream before packaging.
Sure. I just used "0" in my preliminary packaging work but the lack of
soname may be a problem. I'm afraid that it won't be easy to
convince upstream as the library has an history of API breakage [1].
Do you know if we have a comprehensive "how-to" / "why" document to
explain these problems ? The upstream guide [2] mentions a library
guide [3], and there's also [4] but everything is good to be
forwarded.
If upstream is not interested, I believe that the best solution is to
package a static library (or embed it into the brogue source package)
but I'd like to avoid that.
Thanks
[1]: http://upstream-tracker.org/versions/libtcod.html
[2]: http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide
[3]: http://davidz25.blogspot.fr/2011/07/writing-c-library-part-5.html#abi-api-versioning
[4]: http://semver.org/
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Etienne Millon
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