[pkg-boost-devel] removing libboost-dbg

Domenico Andreoli cavok at debian.org
Tue Aug 7 13:12:21 UTC 2007


On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:01:44PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 11:36:43PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> >
> > libboost-dbg package had not sense, it was not usable at all.
> > 
> > -dbg package for every libboost-* library is required, as well as its
> > -dbg-dev. 
> 
> Perhaps; the single -dbg was a compromise between doubling the number
> of packages or doubling the size of each lib package.  But if you
> truly need a -dbg-dev, you could create a single such package 
> to go along with the single -dbg, no?

you are right and I am happy to have uploaded it to experimental ;)

next upload will put all the dbg stuff back in -dbg

> > i did not want to pass throught NEW queue now.
> 
> I'm not sure it makes sense to have design decisions driven by whether
> or not a NEW package is created.  If the -dbg-dev package is the
> correct decision, then I think we should just create it.  

well, it did not look such a big design decision to me :) anyway I
meant it only a temporary solution.

> Besides, the packages have a new SONAME and have to go through NEW
> anyway, don't they?

no, it already made when I uploaded the first 1.34.1 rc. since it never
went to unstable, I hope to not break so many applications.

thank for your reviews

cheers,
Domenico

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