Re: dh-make-php in unstable

[Matt Barry <muramas@cyberdiscordia.org>]

Hi all,

I started filing a wishlist bug for this, then thought better of it and
started writing a patch.. but I'm not sure exactly what the best way to
handle it is, and I wonder if this is something that perhaps deserves
some discussion.

AIUI, the current version of dh-make-pecl hardcodes its dependencies on
generated packages to php4-dev.  It seems like automating the process
for php5 as well should be possible; I'm just not sure where exactly the
split should be.  The most viable option seems to be to have the
generated source package depend on both php4-dev and php5-dev, and build
php4-{module} and php5-{module} binary packages.. generating separate
source packages seems like a waste of space, and I'm not sure how
allowing one OR the other would work for automated builds..

Does this seem viable?  Thoughts?

Thanks,
matt