[Debichem-devel] Packaging of spglib

[Andrius Merkys]

Dear all,

I am working with packaging Spglib v1.10.3
(https://atztogo.github.io/spglib/), a C library for finding crystal
symmetries implementing algorithms of Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve. I have
noticed that 'avogadro' package source contains embedded Spglib v1.5.1
source, a practice to be avoided in Debian, AFAIK. However, there is an
incompatible interface change between v1.5.1 and v1.10.3, therefore,
Avogadro would FTBFS with the latest v1.* Spglib library. Should I
prepare two separate packages, libsymspg1.5 and libsymspg1.10, or should
I package only the latest upstream release as libsymspg1? As further
minor releases might introduce further incompatibilities, I'd say the
first method would be better, but I may be wrong.

Best wishes,
Andrius

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Andrius Merkys
Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology, Saulėtekio al. 7, room V325
LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania