Hello there! On 10/31/21 5:22 AM, Mathias Gibbens wrote:
I have done the packaging work for three Go libraries, and before moving to the RFS stage, would like to request/invite review from this team. Mostly I just want to be sure I'm following the team's preferred packaging workflow; of course, general packaging advice is also appreciated!Two packages were basically boilerplate that dh-make-golang largely handled: * https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-jkeiser-iter * https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-jaypipes-pcidb
The first two packages looks in good shape! Both have been uploaded. Only nitpick: I've done a minor change to d/copyright in golang-github-jkeiser-iter to match the LICENSE file.
The third library was a bit more interesting, because its tests rely on udev actually having created the /dev/zero device, which isn't necessarily true in all build environments like containers or chroots. I came up with a kind of ugly check in d/rules to determine whether or not to run the tests at build time. It works for me performing builds in a lxc container, gbp using cowbuild, and debuild directly on a physical machine, but I'm open to any cleaner solutions. That package is at https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-farjump-go-libudev
AFAIC the check in d/rules looks good. Build tested with sbuild as well on a LXC container and works. But maybe someone with more experience should step on just to confirm?
All three packages I think would be ready to upload, so I've set their changelogs to target unstable rather than UNRELEASED. Specific tags for the versions haven't yet been created, in case there is feedback to incorporate before uploading the package.
Little note: I think it's best if you keep the changelog entry to UNRELEASED and let the uploader set it to unstable when doing the upload. This way when someone clone the repository they know exactly if the package has been uploaded yet or not. (Yes tags may give the same information but people lookup d/changelog more often). Of course, that's only a suggestion.
Thanks, Mathias
Thanks for your work! Cheers, -- Aloïs Micard <creekor...@debian.org> GPG: DA4A A436 9BFA E299 67CD E85B F733 E871 0859 FCD2
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