[Pkg-libburnia-devel] adding symbol files to the burn library packages

[Simon Huggins]

'ello George,

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:57:00PM +0200, George Danchev wrote:
> First, thank you for uploading the new upstream versions. Next, I
> guess it would be a good idea to add symbol files to the library
> packages. These are all under active development, so any symbols
> appearing and disappearing from news upstream versions are quite
> possible, though I believe the authors perform quite sane library
> management. I already have experience with adding symbols to the
> sofia-sip library package, so if you want me I can explain and perform
> the process. In short, it is almost about grabbing symbols diff from
> autobuilders for the architectures we don't have at hand and enforcing
> a check level of dpkg-gensymbols (-c option, default is fine I think).

I think it's a good idea.  I don't have any experience of doing it but
if you want to provide/submit patches then do so.

If you need a hand or have a link to docs that would be good.

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 09:58:57PM +0200, George Danchev wrote:
> Guys, it seems we will have another 'new upstream' upload soon.  The
> symbol initiative still holds, but it is not justified to do it for
> the packages currently in sid, but the forthcomming ones. Agreed?

I thought you only got the benefit of symbols files if they analysed
lots of old versions of the library and that the idea was the symbols
file gave the first version that a particular symbol was in.

So doing the work now still gets us that and then you do it continuously
for new versions.

Is that not how it works?

I don't quite get why another arch is needed but I don't know much about
it.

Simon.

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