Re: [Libusb-devel] [PATCH][WIN][2/8] introducedsymbolexports (.def) for Windows DLLs

[Pete B. <pb...@gm...>]

On 2010.10.11 17:49, Michael Plante wrote:
> I would prefer the sed/grep/cut solution.  But
> I can see not wanting to have to download those.

NB, I'm fine with sed/grep/cut or anything that comes with MSYS, as long 
as the .def is generated by the maintainers, as is currently the case. 
I'd also advocate a static non-automatically-generated file, if I hadn't 
got bitten forgetting to update the .def on new/modified APIs - but if 
the consensus is with non automated, that's fine.

I think we need to redefine the scope at this stage:
1. Do we consider that using a .def is acceptable or not?
2. If so, do we consider that only maintainers should generate the .def 
or not? (If not, we'll obviously need to automate .def gen for everyone)
3. If so, do we want to automate maintainer's .def generation or not?

If we can get a consensus on the 3 questions above, we should be able to 
move forward on this issue.

Regards,

/Pete

Still waiting on the following to be processed (NB: corrected patch or 
requested info might appear further down the thread):
o [5/8] remove unneeded sanity check
    http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128628361810536
o [6/8] removed WinUsb_QueryInterfaceSettings call
   http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128628370510703
o [7/8] fixed erroneous checks on SetupDi calls
   http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128628379010853
o [8/8] fixed shadow declaration warnings on index
   http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128628399011226
o missing -Wl, prefix on --add-stdcall-alias
   http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128490818025708
o fixes missing $(AM_LDFLAGS) in libusb/Makefile.am
   http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128636830622055
o dpfp_threaded fixes
   http://marc.info/?l=libusb-devel&m=128637757004632