On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 04:27:43PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > > Anyone knows how Multi-Arch is handled for other similar plugin > > packages, other than gkrellm2 plugins? > telepathy-mission-control-5 specifically isn't Multi-Arch, because I > didn't want to do a small transition (Mission Control + Empathy) for no > actual benefit. > The only plugins that do benefit from being Multi-Arch are those that > are loaded by more than one executable: glibc NSS modules, PAM modules, > ALSA plugins, that sort of thing. These usually have enough > reverse-dependencies that it's worth doing a gradual transition, by > having the plugin-loader load from both locations. Right. The rule of thumb here should be to only put plugins to a multiarch directory if the loader of the plugins is a library that it's interesting to enable as Multi-Arch: same. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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