[Mageia-dev] [RFC] renaming -debug packages as -debuginfo

Julien julien.moragny at laposte.net
Sat Dec 1 15:17:23 CET 2012


Le Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:07:42 +0200,
Anssi Hannula <anssi at mageia.org> a écrit :

> 01.12.2012 14:41, Thierry Vignaud kirjoitti:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Every other distros name their debug packages as foobar-debuginfo.
> > We name them foobar-debug instead.
> > 
> > Due to this, we've to patch various packages (gdb, ...) for that.
> > And we've to maintain those patches of course...
> > 
> > What do you think about naming them -debuginfo like other distros
> > do and drop those patches?
> 
> Seems reasonable, but looks like the transition period might cause
> problems, since you don't know if you need foo-debug or foo-debuginfo.
> 

Maybe it can be coordinated with the planned mass-rebuild to reduce the
transition period ?

Anyway, I think it's a good idea.


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