[Pkg-crosswire-devel] peaceful coexistence of libsword6 and libsword7

[Peter von Kaehne]

Jonathan Morgan wrote:

> Due to the lengthy upstream release cycle, BPBible relies on a patched
> version of 1.5.11.  It also relies on the Python SWIG bindings, which
> I don't believe are included in the current libsword, and am not sure
> whether you would want to package them with libsword or as separate
> Python packages depending on libsword.

I think bindings are usually distributed as separate packages.

> I don't know what the policy is concerning distributing patched
> versions of a library, but we have no hesitation at all in basing
> BPBible on a patched Sword library, since we do not have to wait
> months or years for an upstream release.

I would think that it makes no sense to maintain two versions unless you
wish effectively to fork. Do you?

Peter