[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Library soversion numbers in SuiteSparse

[Daniel Rus]

Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> * Daniel Rus Morales <danirus at tol-project.org> [2008-02-05 10:04]:
>
>   
>> Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
>>     
>>> I am afraid this will take much longer than is need for getting the gfortran
>>> transition into lenny.  However, it does not cost anything to ask.  Would
>>> you be willing to contact the upstream author on this issue?
>>>   
>>>       
>> I will do this, but you are right, it will take more time, so we need 
>> another approach in the meanwhile.
>>     
>
> Okay, I think we should go ahead with my proposal.  As I wrote in my first
> post, my proposal is ugly, in the sense that we invent arbitrary soversion
> numbers for the libraries, but I cannot see another simple way of coping
> with the problem.
>
>   
>> Yes, I agree with you. Your proposal means more work but seems to be the 
>> better way by now.
>>     
>
> Why do you say my proposal "means more work"?  Any other solutions that I
> could devise seemed to be imply more work.  I my be wrong though.
>   

Yes, I meant more work than either using a plane soname (bad) or 
relaying on the one chosen by the upstream author (not achievable right 
now). But definitely I agree with yours. :-)

I'd be glad to help you with this stuff. You said you wanted to go ahead 
with this, but if can give you any help, please tell me. Meanwhile (this 
next weekend) I want to prepare the libsuitesparse-metis package.

Cheers and Thanks
Daniel