Re: libime_0.0~git20200831.e05fdd3-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
Hi
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:45 AM Shengjing Zhu <zhsj@debian.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:18 AM Thorsten Alteholz
> <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org> wrote:
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > debian/* is not the right place to hide data or other software. Please create separate source packages for them.
>
> There are two parts in debian/.
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> 1. debian/data, which is only used by libime, upstream just happens to
> put them on its website, not in source code repo. During package
> building, these files will be transformed to binary format.
> 2. debian/kenlm, this is a third party library. But libime uses it in
> a non-standard way, using source files directly.
> https://salsa.debian.org/input-method-team/libime/-/blob/master/src/libime/core/CMakeLists.txt#L2-L12.
>
> We can use methods like multi upstream orig tarball. But it brings
> extra complexity for packaging. But if this method is preferred, we
> can figure out how to use MUT.
> But I don't think another one/two source packages are needed.
>
> > Please also explain in a README, why a library needs tons of data.
> >
>
> As a library for input methods, they need information for all
> characters and expressions.
> For libime, it's designed for Chinese, and like all CJK, there are
> tons of characters. So the data is big.
>
> If the above info makes sense, I will add them to README.source.
>
It has been re-uploaded with MUT and README.source.
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Shengjing Zhu
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