Re: dom-switch-opt violates policy and is too dangerous (for users) anyhow
On 18-07-2009, Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> wrote:
>> I 100% agree that it should not be installed, but with your permission I
>> will just move it to "noinstall" directory inside dh-ocaml. This way you
>> can only get the script by a "git checkout" of dh-ocaml and a link,
>> which is easy for pkg-ocaml-maint. The script will not be distributed.
>
> Just a few (concluding) comments.
>
> * Given that it is not going to be shipped in the .deb, what benefit
> it has to have it in the dh-ocaml source package? Can't it just be
> committed somewhere in some repository of ours and be used from
> there?
>
> * I still thinks the current implementation is not the good one. It
> can break in horrible ways in scenarios like the following:
>
> # dom-switch-opt
> ... big delay, you forgot about the switch ...
> # apt-get upgrade ocaml # or even remove/purge
> ... you discover that you forgot the switch ...
> # dom-switch-opt
>
> I suggest to implement the switch on top of dpkg-divert, that way
> dpkg (at least) will be informed about that.
>
Well, there is also (just for everyone information):
# dom-switch-opt
... small delay, you forgot about the switch ...
# git-buildpackage
# dupload
... you discover that you have uploaded a package compiled without ocamlopt ...
Regards,
Sylvain Le Gall
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