Re: Should *-dev packages ship examples and testdata?

[Arnaud Rebillout <arnaudr@debian.org>]

Hello!

On 29/11/2024 14:10, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:

> To my understanding no package that uses another -dev package as a
> build dependency would ever have any need for neither the examples nor
> testdata. Those files are more relevant to the person developing the
> library, right?
>
> Should we aim to remove examples/ and testdata/ in future Go libraries
> (*-dev packages)?
>

If your package has:

    Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-go

Then ci.debian.net runs the test suite, so testdata/ is very much necessary.

Testdata might also be needed when a reverse dep of your -dev package runs its tests, not 100% sure though...

I don't know about examples/, but I'm sure it's there for a reason. Others from the team can answer more precisely.

Cheers,

Arnaud