Bug#1053729: RFP: SAIL image decoding library

Hi!

> Does it produce desired Debian packages?

I've just pushed a couple of fixes to the Debian rules. I'm able to build packages on LUbuntu 23.04. Maybe a couple of small fixes are still needed to build packages on Debian. So the recommended git sha to use is 4705cb4cf96. It's a release candidate and ready to use in client applications.

> Are these packages lintian-clean?

The only error Lintian showed is "unknown distribution", but this is because I run it on Ubunutu.

> Do you know any software already in Debian which would benefit from having SAIL in Debian?

It's a library and I guess end users will benefit from it.

-- Dmitry

вт, 17 окт. 2023 г. в 14:43, Andrius Merkys <merkys@debian.org>:

Hi Dmitry,

On 2023-10-17 13:29, Dmitry Baryshev wrote:
> It would be great to have SAIL in Debian, at least in experimental. It's
> a C/C++ image decoding library similar to FreeImage. It's already
> available in Conan and VCPKG with thousands of installations.
>
> Website: https://sail.software/ <https://sail.software/>
> GitHub:https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail
> <https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail>
> RFP request: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1053729
> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1053729>
> Build system: CMake
> Debian rules: Yes, but need revisiting
>
> Please pardon me if I'm writing to a wrong mailing list. Please CC any
> comments as I'm not in the list.

I saw the GitHub repository already has debian/ directory, this is a
good start. Does it produce desired Debian packages? Are these packages
lintian-clean? Do you know any software already in Debian which would
benefit from having SAIL in Debian?

Best wishes,
Andrius