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Re: [bug-libunistring] pkg-config support, please


From: Simon Josefsson
Subject: Re: [bug-libunistring] pkg-config support, please
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:35:32 +0100

Den Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:17:55 -0800
skrev Re: [bug-libunistring] pkg-config support, please:

> > There are several other libraries which choose that way:
> >
> >   $ grep AM_ /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4 | grep DEFUN
> >
> > and I think it's sometimes more flexible than pkg-config, like this
> > case.
> 
> Daiki,
> I really appreciate the work you are doing, and the
> well-reasoned explanation for why many of us prefer
> not to rely on pkg-config.

I'm not strongly for or against pkg-config, but I'd like to echo
my sentiments for being cautious about adding it -- adding things does
not come with zero cost to the maintainer, and I've been fiddling with
pkg-config setups in way too many projects for way too many times to
realize that it can be counter-productive to support pkg-config.  There
is cost to add pkg-config files (and update them as things change over
time), and there is support cost when people mess up their environments
because of pkg-config-induced mistakes.  Personally, I do support it in
many projects, because the cost of adding it is not a huge burden, but
there is a burden and sometimes I wish I could have spent that time on
something more productive.

/Simon

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