control: tag -1 -moreinfo Hello Peter, On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 08:39:46PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Oof, and here I was thinking I'd answered those... two months ago? > Sorry :( Well, stretch hasn't been frozen yet, so no need for an apology :) > > 1. This package has a perl and a C version of the program, and you > > install the C one. Have you considered installing both and using > > the alternatives system to permit the user to choose? > > I don't think that there would be any real purpose to that; if there is > a compiled C version available, I don't see why anyone would want/need > the other one. I think you're right. > > 2. Your autopkgtest test suite appears to test the perl version? > > Not sure -- would be best to add comments to the debian/test/control > > file. > > Not really; as Jakub Wilk pointed out, the autopkgtest suite uses > the upstream source's test suite for testing whatever is installed as > /usr/bin/install-mimic. The fact that the test suite itself uses > Perl's Test Anything Protocol and prove(1) as the TAP handler is > kind of besides the point. Right, okay. > > 3. If users need to overwrite files installed by Debian packages, > > they should use dpkg-divert and/or dpkg-statoverride. Perhaps it > > should be stated clearly in the package description that > > install-mimic should be used in combination with those tools. > > Hmm, actually the whole point of install-mimic is to avoid having to > even know what dpkg-statoverride is :) Okay, fine, the whole point of > install-mimic is to avoid hanving to know what install(1)'s arguments > are and what stat(1)/stat(2) does, but you get the idea :) > > Nah, you're right, I might add a documentation section about various > tools in various OS/distributions. However, the main use that I have > for install-mimic is either for configuration files or for files > installed by third-party packages... and, yeah, you're right that > the examples given in the manual page do not really reflect that. > I'll work on it in a future release. Personally, I wouldn't want to upload install-mimic to Debian until these documentation changes come through. It's perfectly fine to give users the choice of using install-mimic, but they should know how it relates to the standard Debian tools. -- Sean Whitton
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