[arch-general] Why was wv2 dropped from extra? wv does _not_ provide the wv2 headers

[David C. Rankin]

On 07/22/2012 11:47 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
> 
>   Why was wv2 dropped from extra? Nothing else provides the headers:
> 
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/associatedstrings.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/convert.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/dllmagic.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/fields.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/fonts.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/functor.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/functordata.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/global.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/handlers.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/lists.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/olestorage.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/olestream.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/paragraphproperties.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/parser.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/parserfactory.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/sharedptr.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/styles.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/textconverter.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/ustring.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/utilities.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/word95_generated.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/word97_generated.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/word_helper.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/wv2version.h
> wv2 /usr/include/wv2/wvlog.h
> 
>   It still builds fine (one glib fix to olestream.h - filed upstream). I was
> surprised when I went to install dependencies in a new chroot only to find that
> install failed due to no wv2. Can you guys put it back in extra?
> 

I created an AUR package with olestream.h patched for new glib inclusion scheme.
See:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=61146

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.