[Pkg-gnutls-maint] [PATCH] Add a package for the Guile bindings

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2007-10-31 Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes at laas.fr> wrote:
> The attached patch adds a package for the Guile bindings.  This adds one
> build-dependency, namely `guile-1.8-dev'.
[...]
> Let me know how you feel about this addition.
[...]

Hello,

I know this might be a chicken and egg problem, however I just have
to ask it: Is the addition already used enough to have a user base,
especially in Debian packages? I would rather not have it packaged
unless there is actual usecase. e.g. future gnutls uploads probably
will not build and ship the C++ library anymore, since it still has
not got any user base:
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(SID)ametzler at argenau:~$ apt-cache rdepends libgnutlsxx13
libgnutlsxx13
Reverse Depends:
  libgnutls-dev
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Before adding anything else like Guile I would prefer to have a
real-world use case before shipping it.

This not meant to be a shot-down of your patch (which I have not
looked at at all), but a question. ;-)

thanks, cu andreas

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