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

Anssi Hannula anssi at mageia.org
Sat Dec 1 15:07:42 CET 2012


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.

-- 
Anssi Hannula


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