Re: Proposed question topics
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> writes:
> Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> writes:
>> 7. library packaging
>>
>> I'd like to see some more questions about library packaging, since it
>> can be very tricky and many people, including existing developers,
>> make mistakes with it. In particular sonames, shlibs,
>> ${shlibs:Depends}, dpkg-shlibdeps, and especially proper use of
>> dh_makeshlibs.
>
> NACK. Not all DDs want to package C libs. I've removed the old W3
> question (difference between -Bsymbolic and symbol versioning) from my
> local templates because of that.
Likewise, I've made that a "bonus" question in my templates and if the
applicant doesn't know the answer, I just give it to them without
forcing the issue.
However, I do think it's important all maintainers have a basic
understanding of libraries, since virtually all packages out there make
use of a library in some way. I wouldn't expect applicants to be
experts and to give perfect answers, but I do think we should work
through library packaging a bit with them.
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