-dbg packages
Hi everyone,
I'd like to extend the server, and possibly video drivers, to include
-dbg packages. Asking people to rebuild them to debug a problem isn't a
huge deal, but having one less hurdle for them to clear in the face of an
already daunting task will be helpful.
The problem with doing this is that the packages will have to pass
through NEW, and NEW isn't moving too fast now. Witness the
i810-modesetting to intel-modesetting upload that I did two weeks ago still
sitting there. So my thought is that I'd like to do this once the server
1.3 gets finalized upstream and we get it released to experimental, which
should be Real Soon Now. Once 1.3 is in experimental I'd like to add the
-dbg package and upload it. That'll give us the fresh server to work with
while the version with -dbg sits in NEW.
As for the drivers, I'd like to do something similar, but I'm not as
sure of the timing. That'll probably have to be played by ear. I'm pretty
much set on at least having -dbg symbols for ati, intel, and nv at the very
least, and I think the rest could benefit. For the input drivers, at the
least mouse, keyboard, and evdev should have -dbg packages. Despite
complaints about archive bloat, I think having them available for all the
drivers would be very helpful for all of us.
If you guys have any thoughts on this at all, particularly with respect
to timing, please speak up. I'm slightly worried that this will delay
moving things to unstable after etch is released, so if you guys think
that'll be too big of an issue to do this now, I'd like to hear it.
- David Nusinow
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