src/3rdparty/libmng/README.packaging
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Packaging Libmng for distribution
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These are some notes for those building binaries for distribution.
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We're interested to hear about anywhere libmng is helpful, so let us
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know if you're including it with your application or OS. Also, if your
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build is publicly accessible, we'd be happy to link to it from
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the libmng site.
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However, We respectfully request that you *not* distribute binaries as a
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shared library (DLL) with any of the major features disabled. While
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there is support for this in terms of #ifdef directives (in
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libmng_conf.h) and autoconf switches they are intended for embedded
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application and testing. The default compilation options support the
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full MNG specification, and we wish to avoid the confusion among
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general users that partial support would engender.
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Platform specific notes:
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We have a basic .spec file for generating rpms. Send us a note if you'd
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like to clean it up.
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