[gstreamer] Split libgstcheck to its own package. JB#57519

[pvuorela]

Packages needing the library shouldn't need to pull in bunch of -devel
things.

@spiiroin @abranson @mlehtima

[mlehtima]

Just noting that in Fedora packaging the libgstcheck*.so.* is in the main gstreamer package and the .so in devel package

[pvuorela]

Yea, though the library seems to be needed quite rarely and we have more limited space so ended up doing this subpackage.

[Thaodan]

Yea, though the library seems to be needed quite rarely and we have more limited space so ended up doing this subpackage.

If the main .so is still in the -devel package isn't the new subpackage always pulled in?

[spiiroin]

If the main .so is still in the -devel package isn't the new subpackage always pulled in?

xxx.so = symlink that is used/needed only during build+link -> in devel package
xxx.so.* = soname symlinks / actual libary file are needed during runtime -> in non-devel packages

Having all "%{_libdir}/libgstcheck-%{majorminor}.so*" files in devel-package is odd, because then anything built against that library requires having the devel packages installed on device before it can be executed.

So, changes make sense to me, just wondering whether the new package should be called "libgstcheck" rather than just "gstcheck".

[Thaodan]

If the main .so is still in the -devel package isn't the new subpackage always pulled in?

xxx.so = symlink that is used/needed only during build+link -> in devel package

I know but if package doesn't need the libgstest but gstreamer-devel the libgstest still be installed in to the builder.

[pvuorela]

I know but if package doesn't need the libgstest but gstreamer-devel the libgstest still be installed in to the builder.

Yea that should happen and just realized I was missing dependency, -devel should pull in the gstcheck.

[pvuorela]

So, changes make sense to me, just wondering whether the new package should be called "libgstcheck" rather than just "gstcheck".

Hm, perhaps that could be slightly better.

[spiiroin]

I know but if package doesn't need the libgstest but gstreamer-devel the libgstest still be installed in to the builder.

Mmm, yes. That way. One could of course have separate gsttest-devel. But that would be rather small build time improvement at the cost of needing dependency changes in those packages that actually need gsttest library. Maybe not worth the effort?

[pvuorela]

Maybe not worth the effort?

Not worth it indeed.