Update-alternatives: priority? EGCS or GCC? New "Text Editors" section in info dir file?
Hello.
First of all: no, I am not a Debian developer yet, but I will be one soon!
I am packaging at this time 2 packages, the rhtvision library and the SET's
Editor (and maybe in the future RHIDE).
I saw a little about that discusions that maybe non Debian developers
should not post to this list... where I should ask my questions then?
Ok, forgive me for disturbing, I know that traffic is high in this list, I
am on this list so I know how it is... but I have to ask! I have looked in
the documentation and didn't found an answer!
Ok, first question: the documentation on update-alternatives is lacking...
I am not complaining but if someone with the required knowledge is
searching for something to do, then this maybe is a good think to do, I
don't know... Anyway, I don't know what priority to set to my package, it
is a text editor. NVI has priority 100, FTE 90, I don't remember others...
so what? In what I have to base that priority decision? I like a lot the
package so I would put a 500 in it ;-))) but probably there are many others
that prefer the other editors ;-). Maybe this is an issue for the policy?
(I have version 2.5.0.0 and didn't found it, looked in other documentations
and didn't found it neither)
Second question now: what I am supposed to use to compile the library and
the editor? EGCS 1.1 or GCC 2.7.2.3? Take in count that if I build the
library with EGCS and try to compile a program with GCC 2.7.2.3 to use it,
it doesn't work, and if I compile the library with GCC 2.7.2.3 and a
program using it with EGCS 1.1 then it doesn't work neither! Both the
library and the editor are in C++. So, what compiler should I use? Again,
documentation doesn't say that...
Third question (last question, don't worry): it is ok to create a new
section called "Text Editors" in the info dir file? Has anyone created
other similar section already (I don't have a full slink nor potato yet)?
Ok, maybe I have overlooked this issues on the documentation... sorry if
thats the case... if it is the case then maybe something can be done to
make it more visible?
Ok, thank you future coleagues! Bye!
Ivan Baldo:
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