On 08/11/2016 12:20 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Orion Poplawski <orion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:orion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On 08/10/2016 08:43 PM, Dave Johansen wrote: > > I'm working on packaging the fmt library [1] and it provides both linked and > > header only use. My initial thought was to not package the header only > files, > > but it has been requested. > > I was planning on putting the header only files in *-static to match the > > spirit of the guidelines [2]. Is that the best way to handle this? > > Also, can I include the *.h files in both *-devel and *-static or will that > > conflict cause problems? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350143 > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350143> > > [2]: > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines#Packaging_Header_Only_Libraries > <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines#Packaging_Header_Only_Libraries> > > > > What the guidelines state is: > > Don't ship a -static package. Put everything in -devel and provide fmt-static > there. > > Packages that use fmt in a header-only manner should require fmt-static. > > > The guideline addresses header-only libraries and fmt is technically not a > header-only library. It has a feature that allows it to be used as a > header-only library, but I would like to discourage it's use by making it > required that it be explicit. If I package it all in fmt-devel then there's no > automated check or other way to enforce that people don't install fmt-devel > and then use it as a header-only library. Having that functionality be in > fmt-static makes the use explicit and prevents intentional/unintentional > static linking. But that's how it already is with header only libraries. I suppose that could be revisited if necessary. But the headers have to be in -devel anyway. You could just ship the .cc file in -static, and have -static require -devel (as is usual), then users would have to BR -static to use it in header only mode. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion@xxxxxxxx Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
