[Pkg-gtkpod-devel] Bug#620065: fixed in libimobiledevice 1.1.0-3

[Julien Lavergne]

Hi,

> So there will be other similar cases and I doubt the ftpmasters will
> reject them. Their concerns should not forbid us to do the right thing
> in terms of library packaging.

Another argument against this solution was the need for the package to
go twice in NEW (1 with the creation of the -common binary, 1 when it
will be dropped with HAL support), x2 because there are 2 different
versions in unstable and experimental.

>> Finally, there's also the option of dropping the FDI file entirely,
>> given we plan to get rid of HAL sooner rather than later. I'm not
sure
>> about the status of non-Linux architectures wrt libimobiledevice, so
the
>> lack of HAL support there may be a moot point.
>
> Several of the reverse build-dependencies of libimobiledevice-dev use
it
> with an architecture restriction [linux-any] but not all of them. I
don't
> know how important that FDI file is in the grand scheme of the
library.

The only reason is to add support for Amarok which still depends on HAL
(see bug #615107). If Amarok don't need it anymore, the FDI can be
dropped completely. but, I'm still ensure when / if this will be done, I
can't find the proper bug report about the removal of HAL in Amarok. My
only information are from this :
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184744

I had the hope that this will come fast enough to not stay in this
situation too long.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne