Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 08:08 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>> *) What section should -dbg packages be placed into? Should it be the >> section that the parent package is in, or something like "devel"? > Library -dbg packages will almost inevitably end up in lib. Personally, > I think that's right. libdevel, surely? >> *) Is it OK to include the -dbg information in a library's -dev package? >> Or should it be separated out? Otherwise as more and more packages >> start creating -dbg packages, the number of packages we have in the >> debian archive could grow significantly. > This was covered in the original discussion - a separate section of the > archive is a better solution. Not everyone who needs the -dev needs the > -dbg - e.g. the autobuilders do *not* need -dbg symbols for > build-dependencies. In the meantime, I would definitely make a separate -dbg package. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
