[Debian GNUstep maintainers] gnustep-corebase

[Yavor Doganov]

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>   I'd like to know if anyone if working on the crebase package:

No, nobody is working on it or has any plans AFAICT.

Just out of curiosity, why do you intend to package it?

>   If no one is working on it, could someone please point me to the
> documentation on how to package a gnustep package ?

Unfortunately there is no documentation (yet).  You could take a look
at rsskit (pure debhelper) or renaissance/pantomime1.2 (cdbs based).
Basically, you have to take into account everything that is related to
packaging a library in Debian, plus:

  - There are some specific gnustep-make variables you might need to
    use.
  - Avoid unresolved symbols, as they could be harmful in GNUstep
    transitions.  For example, gnustep-corebase must link with
    gnustep-base but it currently doesn't.
  - .symbols files are harmful for Objective-C libraries and *must
    not* be used.
  - Be extra careful with ABI breakage; very few upstream authors
    actually bother.

If you're not 100% confident with the result of your packaging, feel
free to post a link to the package here; I'd be glad to review it.