redland tarball without raptor & rasqal included (was Re: [redland-dev] [patch] librdf_free_foo(0) )

[John Fieber]

On Apr 24, 2008, at 10:54 PM, Dave Beckett wrote:

> Michael Stahl wrote:
>> ...
>> PS: just for the record, i would find it useful if there were a  
>> tarball of librdf that does not contain raptor and rasqal
>
> I've been wondering about doing that.  Does anyone else rely on it?
> The consequence would be you'd need to build & install raptor and
> rasqal first, and they'd have to be compatible versions.  The
> redland all-in-one tarball guarantees there are compatible ones
> around.

To the extent that "compatible" versions of raptor pop out on a  
different schedule, I'd prefer one tarball per library, assume the  
user/builder can read and comprehend directions regarding the  
dependencies, and ensure some level of sanity checks into autoconf for  
those who fail.   Those who want the convenience of the all-in-one may  
ultimately be downstream consumers of binary packages anyway.  (Okay,  
that last bit is wild speculation on my part)

-john