[Kde-imaging] Gwenview, kdegraphics and libkipi
Angelo Naselli
anaselli at linux.it
Fri Jan 19 12:33:52 CET 2007
Alle 01:55, venerdì 19 gennaio 2007, Aurelien Gateau ha scritto:
> Le Jeudi 18 Janvier 2007 10:16, Angelo Naselli a écrit :
> > Alle 22:56, mercoledì 17 gennaio 2007, Aurelien Gateau ha scritto:
> > > Anyway, the problem has been resolved: Stephan Kulow is OK with Gwenview
> > > having an optional compile-time dependency on libkipi.
> >
> > Yes but that has to be tested first. So I'd expect that optional dependency
> > wouldn't be optional, or that would mean leaving that packagers/distros
> > that aim. And if something goes wrong? who fixes the problem after the
> > release is out?
> > I'm afraid that means to have gv without kipi &co. for the most....
>
> I don't think so. kdegraphics could have an --enable-kipi option which would
> be set to "auto" by default. The whole thing will work this way:
>
> - When KDE4.0 is out, Gwenview will be dynamically linked on libkipi.so.x
> (assuming libkipi.so.x is a KDE4 version of libkipi), a symlink to
> libkipi.so.x.0.0.
>
> - If a new, binary compatible, version of libkipi is released the .so file
> will be libkipi.so.x.1.1. libkipi.so.x will point to this new file and
> Gwenview will make use of the new libkipi.
>
> - If a new, binary incompatible, version of libkipi is released, the .so file
> will be libkipi.so.x+1.0.0, which can be installed alongside
> libkipi.so.x.0.0. Of course Gwenview won't benefit from this new libkipi but
> it won't block any other KIPI application from using libkipi.so.x+1.0.0.
That sounds good to me then.
Angelo /who's mail server is again down :(
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