Re: geda library packaging

2005-01-22 Thread Petri Latvala
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 12:24 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > True. But that's OK because all of the geda-* program packages that use > the library are updated at the same time as the library, and I maintain > all of those packages. > > Upstream releases them all as a set. They could be one tarball;

Re: geda library packaging

2005-01-22 Thread Petri Latvala
On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 12:02 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Upstream increments the soname for incompatible changes to the library. > I've been reflecting that in the package name (libgedaXX) which means > we've had libgeda2, 3, 5, ... 18, 19, 20. Almost every new version > requires a new package, w

Re: geda library packaging

2005-01-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 03:12:45AM +0200, Petri Latvala wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 12:02 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Upstream increments the soname for incompatible changes to the library. > > I've been reflecting that in the package name (libgedaXX) which means > > we've had libgeda2, 3,

geda library packaging

2005-01-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Following on from the recent discussions about library packaging, I could use some advice from the experts on the best way to handle packaging of libgeda. The situation is as follows. gEDA consists of a library package and a bunch of program packages. They come from upstream in different tarballs,