td1.8.11 for Debian
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This source package includes upstream version 1.8.11 of tdlib which was
released via Git commit 3179d35694a28267a0b6273fc9b5bdce3b6b1235 on Feb
02 2023. We package this explicit Git version with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
patches applied.

The tdlib upstream developers don't provide a stable API/ABI across
different tdlib version. ABI/API can break with every upstream release.
Consumer apps are recommended to bundle the required tdlib version and
link against it statically.

In Debian, it was decided to ship a pinned version of a required /
versioned tdlib for eacher consumer app that requires this as shared
library. This can potentially lead to various different tdlib versions
shipped in Debian. Whenever a pinned version of tdlib is not required
anymore, it will be removed from Debian.

Use

  $ debian/rules get-orig-source

to obtain the used upstream Git snapshot of this package as orig tarball.

 -- Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org>  Sun, 09 Jan 2025 11:28:56 +0100

