[Fedora-packaging] Request for Guideline Clarification

[Jon Ciesla]

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been gathering bits and
pieces of information regarding the
> packaging of shared
libraries for a while now.  As I understand it:
> 
> -
Normal .so libraries with versioned filenames go into the base package
> for a program when they exist

Yes.

> -
Unversioned .so libraries go into the -devel package

Yes.

>    -- If there are no versioned libraries for a program,
should a
> versioned library be added or should the unversioned
.so file be
> included in the base package?

Option B, I
think, but someone else with more insight should chime in. . .

> - Libraries which are used by other programs at runtime should
be
> versioned, and in %{_libdir}
>    -- Are there
exceptions to this?  When is it appropriate to leverage
>
subdirectories and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/?

How so, by adding a path
to /etc/ld.so.conf?

> - Libraries which are plugins to one
specific program, and are dlopened
> by that program, do not need
a versioned filename.  They should go in
> their own subdierctory
in %{_libdir} (e.g. /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10)
>    -- If packaged
as seperate plugins, they should be in packages called
>
packagename-plugins-pluginname, or something similar
> 
>
- All shared library filenames should begin with lib


 
> A lot of this isn't in the packaging guidelines, I
think if these points
> could be clarified and included in the
guidelines it would help to
> answer a lot of questions.

If you like, you can write up a draft, and post here, or submit to the
FPC.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Committee
 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
>
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