Re: [GitHub] Formatting fixed [ln/gem2deb GH-19]
(Moving the discussion to debian-ruby@. Context:
https://github.com/ln/gem2deb/pull/19)
On 09/04/11 at 06:49 -0700, lbt wrote:
> Hmm, so what's the point of gem2deb ?
> I inferred : "The best packaging possible with the information available - minimise manual tweaking"
> So if you put them in a comment you guarantee they're not used.and hence FTBFS in a clean environment.
OTOH, the package will refuse to install if some libraries are manually
installed.
> As you improve the "just add ruby-" in front algorithm then less work is required.
>
> Oh, and they're not guessed :) .... the names are guessed but they represent the upstream statement of dependencies.
... which might be wrong.
> In the future, if the naming is such an issue and policy rules are not tight enough then maybe even provide a debian gem exception naming service (http://git.debian.org/git/pkg-ruby-extras/naming-exceptions) or a gem2deb-naming-exceptions.deb package?
>
> FYIW: https://build.pub.meego.com/project/monitor?project=home%3Albt%3Arails is where I used this patch to pull in recursivley all the gems for rails - so far it's doing all right.... (hoe/minitest is circular)
I think that a compromise solution is needed. Could you provide a patch
that adds an option that, when enabled, auto-fills Build-Depends and
Depends, and when not enabled, adds the same information as a content
before those fields? Would that work for you?
- Lucas
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