Hi, I spent some time on Sigil last weekend and the result can be seen at http://fedora.danny.cz/danny/development/SRPMS/repoview/index.html
ZipArchive is unbundled, Sigil builds with system zlib and boost (thanks to the patches here), also uses system xerces-c if version >= 3.1 is available (as in Fedora >= 16). The Windows and OS X influence is very clear in the project. Dan Kan-Ru Chen píše v Čt 15. 12. 2011 v 00:37 +0800: > Hi! > > Dan Horák <d...@danny.cz> writes: > > > > > Hello Debian maintainers, > > > > I tried to look at packaging Sigil for Fedora and found your packaging > > request for Debian. In one word it's a nightmare, not only there are > > bundled copies of libraries, but they are usually also modified, making > > their unbundling almost impossible :-( > > > > My observations are > > - tidyLib - forked copy of library from the tidy project, there would > > probably be a chance to get the changes back to tidy, but tidy looks as > > a dead project > > Dead upstream isn't a excuse for copied library. We either have to push > the changes back to tidy or convince Sigil to maintain the forked tidy > library separately. > > > - ZipArchive - contains forked copy of zlib > > I have contacted the current upstream maintainer at several month ago. I > lost the courage to package it since then, maybe it's time to try > again. Below is the reply from upstream: > > John Schember <j...@nachtimwald.com> writes: > > > Kan-Ru, > > > > The modified libraries you're going to have to live with. Tidy is the > > main one and it's going to be modified more once EPUB3 comes out. > > There really isn't any around this one. I haven't had a chance to look > > into the other ones to see which (if any) others have Sigil specific > > modifications. Once I have that under control I plan to see about > > pushing (if possible) the changes upstream. > > > > As for why so many libraries are bundled, Strahinja's primarily > > developed it on Windows. My primary OS is OS X. So bundling makes > > sense for these platforms. That said I'm not against using system > > packages when possible and help getting Sigil to use system packages > > would be appreciated. > > > > The build system is cmake and it's possible to add configuration > > flags. FlightCrew has one for not building the GUI. The cmake files > > would need to be modified to have an option to use system libraries (I > > would like to see individual options for each library) and they would > > need to do what ever is necessary to switch to using system libraries. > > I want to use the bundled libraries by default because it makes it > > easier for me (OS X). > > > > 0.4 is going to be released very soon. I don't want to make any > > changes to the build system for this release. Once that I'll be happy > > to accept patches for using system libraries. Also, Sigil and > > FlightCrew are split into two separate packages. FlightCrew is just > > bundled in Sigil like the others. It would certainly be possible for > > Sigil to be configured to use a system installed FlightCrew as well. > > > > John > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Kan-Ru Chen <kos...@debian.org> wrote: > >> Hi John, > >> > >> I read the Sigil development blog and know that you are taking over the > >> project. First I have to thank you for continuing the hard work so that > >> Sigil development is active again. > >> > >> I've been trying to push/package Sigil into Debian for some time, but it > >> is hard because the release file includes so many external libraries and > >> some are even modified. To get this done I'm trying to patch Sigil and > >> FlightCrew to use system libraries. Since you are about to get 0.4 > >> released, it would be great to split the core Sigil/FlightCrew code and > >> the dependencies into two different release files, then let the build > >> system use the system one it found it, or use the bundled one. > >> > >> I can help with the build system, and maybe even the code > >> itself. Looking forward to your reply. > >> > >> Regards, > >> -- > >> Kanru > >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
