Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"
>>"Julian" == Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmul.ac.uk> writes:
Julian> People *used* to make that complaint. And if we now move to having a
Julian> lean policy standards document and a developers reference and a best
Julian> programming advice document and a dpkg documentation document, we'll
Julian> have even more complaints in that direction.
I beg to differ. The reason people used to complain was there
was no single place one could go to to get a definitive reference for
all the things a package maintainer _must_ do in order to achieve
interoperability and prevent bug reports.
In the new scheme of things, the policy manual would be the
place to look at. For further assistance, one could look at the
developers reference (HOWTO), the dpkg docs (manual pages for the
tools, references), or the style guide (for tips and solutions). There
is a well defined destination, depending on what one is looking for.
This is a far cry from the old muddle and multiple locations
for must do things we had in the past.
manoj
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