At Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:57:05 +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 11:38:54AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote: > > At Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:00:47 +0900, > > GOTO Masanori wrote: > > > > as packager, i'd like to be able to choose whether or not libc-dbg > > > > is required, recommended, suggested or whatever. if libc-dbg virtual > > > > package does not exist i have no chance at all. > > > > > > Which package is it needed? Is recommending libc-dbg valuable for > > > users? If there is not, I agree with Jeff's opinion. > > > > Domenico, any reply with this bug? I think providing libc-dbg does > > not make sense. Which package did you want to add libc-dbg? > > If you have no object or reply, I'll close this bug. > > as libc-dev is already provided to let one ignore the actual libc devel > package of all the debian ports, i find logic (and useful) to have a > libc-dbg which lets free to not know which -dbg package is provided > for the given port. > > libcurl2-dbg *suggests* libc6-dbg | libc6.1-dbg | libc0.3-dbg. i'd like > something like libc6-dbg | libc-dbg as already is for the -dev packages. > > i suppose the user of libcurl2-dbg might be interested in where things > break even if these are in libc. it is not a matter strictly aimed to > libc debugging. i find nice having all the debug symbols in place while > i'm debugging a program. > > nothing more. i you don't agree with me feel free to close the report > and i'll continue enumerating all the libc -dbg packages.
I understand why you want libc-dbg. IMO, there's no need to suggest libc-dbg package by libcurl2-dbg. A user may think "I may get merit or need to install libc-dbg when I debug libcurl2-dbg.", but in most case it's not true. But adding Suggests: is maintainer's desicion, not ours. BTW, regardless of this bug, I think providing libc-dbg is useful for especially package selection. libc-pic, libc-udeb, libc-dev and libc are already provided. It's natural to provide libc-dbg. Jeff, any objections? I would add libc-dbg to the cvs. Regards, -- gotom
