devel packages with only one .pc file
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Sep 6 12:18:04 UTC 2006
Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 September 2006 05:07, Alexander Larsson wrote:
>> The bug above proposes to further split out this .pc file into a
>> separate subpackage. However, the gapi package itself will never be
>> installed on a user system, and no developer needing it would ever not
>> want the .pc files. So, what use is splitting out this .pc file?
>
> This bug may be a misunderstanding of what the package actually does. Given
> that gapi is already a "-devel" type package, I think its acceptable to keep
> the pc file there.
OTOH, it could be argued that since it is already -devel type package,
(with apparently no runtime/non-devel bits), then it's *name* should
reflect that.
-- Rex
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