2 versions of alogg

[Hans de Goede]

Hi all,

Well since no one has commented on this I'm going to implement things as
described below.

Regards,

Hans


Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Quoting myself from:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188625
> 
> ---
> 
> Before I forget the ugly name is because there are 2 alogg libraries out
> there, one which is called just alogg and one which is called AllegroOGG
> but still use alogg as soname. I hope we never need the other alogg
> otherwise I see a problem, but with this name atleast its clear which
> alogg this is:
>  http://lyrian.obnix.com/alogg/
>  http://nekros.freeshell.org/delirium/alogg.html
> 
> ---
> 
> Thanks for the review! I've not imported this sofar, because the fact
> that debian has the other alogg packaged worries me, this means that the
> other one is used by some free software too, so sooner or later we will
> need to package it too. I think I'll just start packaging the other one
> right away so that I can find any conflicts now and come up with a
> resolution, before a bunch of packages depends on one or the other.
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> So there we are 2 different ogg support for use with allegro support
> libraries both installing:
> /usr/lib/libalogg.so
> 
> One of them installs:
> alogg.h
> 
> And the other:
> alogg/alogg.h
> 
> Which also seems like an accident waiting to happen. I'm thinking of
> solving this by:
> -give AllegroOGG a new soname: libAllegroOGG.so, or should I give them
>  both a new name, and in that case what should I use for alogg?
> -putting all the header files of both in seperate dirs under include:
>  /usr/include/allog/(alogg/alogg.h)
>  /usr/include/AllegroOGG/(allogg.h)
> -modifying allog-config todo the right thing for alogg
> -use pkgconfig for AllegroOgg
> -patch AllegroOGG using programs to use pkgconfig. Currently only raidem
>  can use AllegroOGG (I have a new version ready which adds ogg support
>  as a replacement for the stripped out mp3 support, giving raidem its
>  background music back).
> 
> 
> So does this sound like a plan if not, what do you suggest?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans
>