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

[Thomas Vander Stichele]

> 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! :)

How about just merging the libs ? Seems like the cleanest solution.

Thomas

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