Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.2 Severity: normal Previously discussed on debian-devel: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/04/msg00663.html After the original idea, a more formal proposal developed: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/04/msg00692.html "I'd like to see all library source packages having a minimum of 4 binary packages required by Policy: the SONAME, the -dev (without SONAME), the -dbg (with SONAME) and a -doc package (without SONAME). (Libraries for perl or other non-compiled languages would be exempt from -dbg packages but not -doc.)" After discussion on debian-devel, I'm happy to stick to only requiring -dbg packages and pursuing API documentation in other ways and -dbg packages would only be required where dh_strip can be used to generate the debug symbols. In many packages, this is a one-line change to debian/rules and new section in debian/control. Joey Hess wrote: > So I suggest that we take this as an existing practice, document it as a > "should" in policy for now, document *how* to do separated debugging > symbols in the developers reference (which does not currently seem to > mention it at all), and go add -dbg versions of our library packages. Manoj added: > I would rather add it as a recommended practice in policy, with a > note that it will become a should/must as we get better coverage, and > _also_ provide examples of what maintainers need to do to create > separate debugging symbol packages in an informative footnote. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/04/msg00701.html Policy could eventually require something like this: "Any library source package capable of building with debug information (i.e. with -g) must do so. Any such library source package must strip the debug symbols into separate objects, provide a binary package librarynamesoversion-dbg containing these separate objects as /usr/lib/debug/path/to/ELF/object for each /path/to/ELF/object in the main library package, and reference these separate objects in a .gnu_debuglink section in the corresponding unstripped object." http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/18-Mandatory-dbg-packages-for-libraries.html#comments Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> on 2007-04-22 19:48 -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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