Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add SDL extension libraries

["Thompson, David" <dthompson2@worcester.edu>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Is the copyright/licensing of these packages clear?  In particular, do
> all the files within each package have clearly the same license, or a
> compatible license?  (I’d expect it to be the case given that SDL is
> widespread, but just asking to be sure.)

I will go through the source code and double check.

>> +(define sdl-image
>> +  (package
>> +    (name "sdl-image")
>> +    (version "1.2.12")
>> +    (source (origin
>> +             (method url-fetch)
>> +             (uri
>> +              (string-append "http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL_image-"
>> +                             version ".tar.gz"))
>> +             (sha256
>> +              (base32
>> +               "16an9slbb8ci7d89wakkmyfvp7c0cval8xw4hkg0842nhhlp540b"))))
>> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
>> +    ;; FIXME: Add webp
>> +    (propagated-inputs `(("sdl" ,sdl)
>> +                         ("libpng" ,libpng)
>> +                         ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg)
>> +                         ("libtiff" ,libtiff)))
>
> Are you sure that all these need to be propagated?
>
> (An input typically needs to be propagated if an installed header
> #includes a header of that input, or if the .pc file mentions that input
> in its ‘Requires:’ field.)

I'm pretty sure that they are runtime dependencies, but I will check
the .pc file and verify.

- Dave