[Pkg-e-devel] Bug#878584: [libevas-dev] Missing dependency for libecore-dev

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2017-10-15 Ross Vandegrift <ross at kallisti.us> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 01:20:05PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > Ross, could you apply and push the attached patch?

[...]
> 2) Upstream doesn't really support builds against part of EFL (and
> hasn't since the library merge before 1.8).  I think we generally ought
> to avoid supporting scenarios that upstream doesn't.

> Instead, what if all of the -dev packages were merged into
> libefl-all-dev?  Sample patch is attached.  It's mildly tested:
> enlightenment from experimental builds, and the resulting Depends look
> correct.  What do you think?

Hello,
I agree that it probably is not a wise use of resources to try to
support this szenario if upstream does not.

I have not yet read over the patch in detail, I just have three quick
notes:

Priority: extra is no more, please use optional.

The following packages have never been present in stable (or even sid),
so there is no need for dummy packages:
libector-dev
libelementary-dev
libelocation-dev
libelput-dev
libelua-dev
libemile-dev
libeolian-dev
libephysics-dev

libefl-all-dev needs Breaks/Replaces for both dropped (list above) and
turned-into-dummpy packages.

cu Andreas

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