On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 20:09 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 12:46:31PM +1000, skaller wrote: > > Does Debian have a policy on use of pkg-config? > > > On my Ubuntu systems there are some *.pc files, but the set > > is not only incomplete .. it isn't closed either. > > > Perhaps pkg-config files should be REQUIRED for Debian, > > and the package names should agree with the Debian ones? > > Er... that's certainly not enforceable. Sure it is. If they're not provided, then lintian fails the package, and the sponsors refuse to upload it, same as other policies. > > > Pkgconfig is totally useless unless it is properly supported. > > It's also not a very good program -- perhaps Debian can come > > up with something better? > > Yes, pkg-config sucks. Unfortunately, there are a number of upstreams > (e.g., GNOME) that are unlikely to be willing to make such a switch this > late in the game. They don't have to though, the Debian maintainer is responsible for ensuring the package conforms to the Policy, with patches if necessary. -- John Skaller <skaller at users dot sourceforge dot net>
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