[Pkg-clamav-devel] tomfastmath is ready

[Andreas Cadhalpun]

Hi Sebastian,

On 01.04.2015 22:16, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2015-03-30 23:09:32 [+0200], Andreas Cadhalpun wrote:
>> On 30.03.2015 22:17, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>>> On 2015-03-27 17:45:04 [+0100], Andreas Cadhalpun wrote:
>>>> Yes, it's probably best to hide these implementation details from the API/ABI.
>>>> But then the function declarations should be moved from the installed tfm.h
>>>> header to a private one, e.g. tfm_private.h.
>>>
>>> Hmm. Right. I will check with upstream what he thinks would be best
>>> practise here.
>>
>> OK.
> 
> so upstream asked if we could do the symbol hiding within our debian/
> folder. Doesn't look that bad, does it?

I don't think it's a good idea to perpetually deviate from upstream's ABI/API,
because then projects might start using some of this low level stuff and
not work in Debian.

Does upstream think this low level stuff could be useful outside of
tomsfastmath or where does the reluctance to hide these symbols come from?

Best regards,
Andreas