[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#673318: ITP: mwrap -- Octave/Matlab mex generator

[Nicolas Bourdaud]

On 28/05/2012 12:54, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> May I suggest one more improvement? It would be great to have the
> examples shipped under /usr/share/doc/mwrap/examples (see Policy §12.6
> and dh_installexamples(1)). These examples are mentionned in the
> documentation, and they are of great value for a new user of the
> package. It’s up to you whether to ship or not the build system of the
> examples.

Yes, it is a good idea and I've implemented it. I provided the Makefiles
(patched) because it illustrate how to use mwrap. However I have dropped
the 'fem' examples since they contain generated files using an
unpackaged software (matexpr which is another tool of the upstream
developer).

On 28/05/2012 14:09, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> Another thing: I don't think you should install the NEWS file under
> /usr/share/doc/mwrap/changelog. I think it should rather be under
> /usr/share/doc/mwrap/NEWS (which I think is the default behavior of
> dh_installchangelogs). A changelog is more developer-oriented while a
> NEWS file file is more user-oriented.

I did it initially because I was tired of the Lintian warning. But
Ok I've reverted the change and installed the NEWS file as such. It
should be noted that the policy is not clear about it, as pointed by
others (http://bugs.debian.org/459427). However it is true that most of
the packages use the convention you've described (It is also the one
implicitly enforced by dh_installchangelogs).

Cheers,

Nicolas



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