On Sun, 3 May 2009 22:25:07 +0200 Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es> wrote: > + Paul Wise (Sun, 03 May 2009 15:56:23 +0800): > > > m.d.n (currently) only has source packages to deal with so that > > makes the lintian warnings from there much less useful. > > Will/could/should debexpo require that uploads are accompanied with > binaries, even if to throw them away after running eg. lintian? I'd like them kept, personally. I don't use them often, but it is useful to have them around and (IMHO) we should keep mentors close to how Debian normally operates and Debian does still retain the binaries. > Additionally, would it be useful to keep them around, but available > only for sponsors? I know myself I *sometimes* like looking at the > binary packages without compiling them myself, to catch a first round > of errors. I do things like check the postinst and other generated package content and for a quick overview of not just what files are in the package but what kind of files they are and what they may contain. (I use deb-gview for that role.) As long as the binaries are never put into any apt repository, it's probably better to retain the uploaded binaries. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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