Hi all,
As a newcomer to the Ruby team over the past few weeks, I've noticed
some aspects of Ruby packaging that could be easily clarified with
documentation or, better yet, in the Ruby policy.
I'd like to lay out some proposals, which can be discussed further on
IRC on Friday.
VCS vs Gem
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AFAICT, the upstream gem is used **unless** the git tarball contains
extra files that we would like to include in Debian (e.g.,
documentation, tests). This seems to be the standard practice, but it
would be great to formalize it in the policy.
Homepage
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Every gem has a page on Rubygems. Most also have at least 1 other
relevant upstream page, like a GitHub repo or an actual website (you
know what I mean). Which of these should be used for the homepage field?
My personal preference is to use the rubygems page as a last resort, and
to favour the upstream website (as opposed to GitHub) if it exists.
Again, this is something that is pretty much standard practice, but
could easily be implemented in the policy, and would be helpful for
newcomers.
I have another proposal about documentation, which will be outlined in a
separate e-mail.
Thanks,
Caitlin
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