Hello, I freshly subscribed this list after reading that dietlibc seems to be unmaintained. (http://mm3test.fedoraproject.org/hyperkitty/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/BP7LYYNGQA2DDTNFNS3EJXX3AGNZRNAX/) What's the current status of dietlibc in Fedora and how can it be checked? Last built was done by Jon Ciesla on 2013-03-27. On Sun Mar 3 03:21:06 UTC 2013, Kevin Kofler wrote: > We agree then. But if we want to keep dietlibc, it needs to be fixed to > comply with the packaging guidelines and best practices, i.e.: > * Shared library build needs to be enabled. I see no reason to build this > library as static only as Enrico is doing. We tolerate this where upstream > does not support shared builds at all, but this is not the case here. > * The main package should contain the shared library (and the documentation > that's relevant at runtime, in particular COPYING) only. Right now it > contains some stuff which probably belongs into -devel. > * The main package must not require -devel as it does now. > * The -devel package should not contain the static library, which should > instead be in a -static subpackage. > * The -lib package (which is currently not built by default, it contains the > shared library if you enable shared build) should simply be the main > package. It doesn't make sense to have a -lib subpackage of a library. > * The -header subpackage should really be called -headers (There's more than > one header! And it'd also be consistent with glibc.) or folded into -devel > (though then it can't be noarch anymore). If you are actually looking for a maintainer and the policies/rules are not too difficult then I would do this job (before you throw dietlibc out of Fedora). :-) best regards Frank -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
