[gst-devel] Re: Debian GStreamer packages, libgst.a conflict

[Andy Wingo]

On Wed, 06 Feb 2002, David I. Lehn wrote:

> * Jason Riedy <ejr at CS.Berkeley.EDU> [20020206 13:58]:
> > FYI, libgst.a is also used by GNU Smalltalk.  I don't suppose
> > you could use libgstreamer or some other self-descriptive name?
> > 
> 
> Ok, I have _NO_ idea what to do about this.  I'm going to guess both
> upstream groups don't want to rename their core libs.  GStreamer crew
> seems to want to shorten everything from gstreamer to gst as is.
> 
> GStreamer people: Any ideas?  Debian policy doesn't allow packages to
> have file names that conflict.

Yeah that really sucks. good thing we don't have any real apps yet.

let's rename our main lib to libgstreamer, but all of the plugins and
other installed libs will maintain their gst prefix (and also go in the
lib/gst directory). smalltalk sucks! :)

regards,

wingo.