> > You're only providing a static libploticus.a. Doesn't ploticus also
> > support building and linking against a shared lib?
>
> If only a static lib is supplied, it should probably go into a package
> called "libploticus-devel" (along with the necessary header files), and
> not "libploticus".
>
> This is because the static library (and .la libtool libs, and .dll.a
> import libs) are only needed if developing a client application. They
> are not needed at runtime.
>
> On the other hand, .dll files which are needed at runtime usually go
> into packages named "lib{foo}" or "lib{foo}N".
Maybe you're right. I don't have much experience with library packages and so
overlooked this. Do others agree? If so I can change the package name.
To answer your other comment, no, I don't think it's too late to make the
change. All that's required is to recategorize libploticus as _obsolete. Or
maybe I'm walking into a minefield that I don't know about yet...
A.
