[Pkg-crosswire-devel] peaceful coexistence of libsword6 and libsword7

[Peter von Kaehne]

Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> What will it take to get these patches into the upstream codebase?

I gather that Bpbible is simply applying a couple of bug related and
filter expanding patches which are already in SVN head, while avoiding
the whole GenBook bible stuff (also in SVN head)

Gen book bibles: This is major API change currently moving through which
will allow SWORD to use arbitrary versifications and canons - instead of
the current fixed KJV versification.

Large chunks of this are committed already, but it needs to be fleshed
our further and also requires some front end changes. GS e.g compiles
fine and works without problem on the new SVN head, but does not yet
make use of any of the new functions.

> Are the patches that BPBible needs in order to function already in the
> upstream (Crosswire) development codebase, just not yet released?  Or
> have they not been integrated/accepted into the main code tree at all so
> far?  If the patches are applied, do they break any other applications
> that use the libraries?

I think I answered most above

It appears there is no activity on the bindings yet and without these
Bpbible can not move forward. But then the work is not completed in
other parts of the library either. It should work though fine on the
unpatched 1.5.11 I think, no, Jonathan?

Peter