Bug#710473: RFS: bats/0.2.0-1
On 06/25/2013 01:58 PM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
>>> Why does it need such a new version of coreutils? (This, on the
>>> other hand, might be something worth explaining in the
>>> changelog.) This build-dependency makes the package unbuildable
>>> on i386, which is stuck with an earlier version of coreutils.
>> I changed the dependency to coreutils from stable (>= 8.13-3.3).
>>
>>> Also, why does it need such a new version of bash?
>
> Well, you didn't answer my questions. :)
How can I determine the correct version? Can I test it under oldstable
and make a dependency on its versions if the package works?
>>> Why priority "extra"? I'd use "optional".
>
>> From the Debian Policy: ... I checked the practice in existing
>> packages and I'm a little bit confused. For example the packages
>> python-nose (test discoverer and runner) and libmysqlclient-dev
>> are optional while python-mox (mock object framework) is extra.
>>
>> What's the rule here? I thought that you don't want to install
>> development tools unless you have specialized (i.e. programming)
>> needs.
>
> To give you some numbers: 27% of all binary packages have priority
> extra. 22% of binary packages in section devel have priority
> extra.
>
> And I bet that most of these are because "extra" used to be
> dh_make's default, not because of deliberate maintainers'
> decisions.
>
OK, so I'll change to "optional".
BTW: what kind of packages should be classified as "extra"?
Thank you for help!
Regards
--
Grzegorz Niewisiewicz
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