Re: libgit2

On Sat, 31 May 2025, Jon Turney wrote:

> On 26/05/2025 19:41, Jeremy Drake via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> > On Sun, 25 May 2025, Jon Turney wrote:
> >
> [...]
> >
> > Should I add a big comment documenting the test failures, or a separate
> > file?
> No wrong answers.
>
> I guess I'd go for a separate file, but I don't mind.
>
> > PKG_NAMES="git2 libgit2_1_9 libgit2-devel"
>
> Sorry for not spotting this earlier, but I think the conventional name here is
> "libgit2_1.9" (i.e. the underscore just separates the upstream name (when it
> happens to end in digits) from a trailing soversion number, it doesn't replace
> all the dots in it.

OK, wasn't sure, as soon as I saw that I was going to try to make a
variable name with a dot in it, I went with the underscore.  But it seems
I just stick with the underscore in the variable names.

> If we're going to package the 'git2' tool, maybe it should have a description
> which makes it clearer what it's use is (debugging libgit2, not working with
> git repor?)

I wouldn't be opposed to either not package it, or stick it in
libgit2-devel.  I don't really know what it's used for tbh.