Re: pybuild (Re: image-file-in-usr-lib)

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Mon, May 11, 2015 at 09:03:53AM +0200, Ole Streicher a écrit :
> 
> The Debian Policy [4] states (9.1.1):
> 
> | 1. The FHS requirement that architecture-independent application-
> | specific static files be located in /usr/share is relaxed to a
> | suggestion. In particular, a subdirectory of /usr/lib may be used by a
> | package (or a collection of packages) to hold a mixture of
> | architecture-independent and architecture-dependent files. However,
> | when a directory is entirely composed of architecture-independent
> | files, it should be located in /usr/share.
> 
> which is a bit contradicting to the current practice: If it is just a
> suggestion, then maybe the lintian warning has not right severity
> "warning" and should be lowered? And are pure python packages
> (Architecure: all) not covered by the last sentence and should *not* be
> in /usr/lib/ by policy?

Hi Ole,

indeed, this is a recent change in the Policy (see bugs.debian.org/741304).
Probably Lintian is lagging behind.  Maybe somebody can ping bug #415558 ?

Cheers,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan