Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-16 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 10:24:05AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Drew Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-14 00:41:49 +1000]: OK, I'll try to remember to restrip for sarge :) Perhaps the BTS could be a help in remembering this? Bob Good idea :) Drew -- PGP public key available at

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-16 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 10:24:05AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Drew Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-14 00:41:49 +1000]: OK, I'll try to remember to restrip for sarge :) Perhaps the BTS could be a help in remembering this? Bob Good idea :) Drew -- PGP public key available at

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Drew Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-14 00:41:49 +1000]: OK, I'll try to remember to restrip for sarge :) Perhaps the BTS could be a help in remembering this? Bob msg07487/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Drew Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-10-14 00:41:49 +1000]: OK, I'll try to remember to restrip for sarge :) Perhaps the BTS could be a help in remembering this? Bob pgpoGeZUVTmOR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:30:35AM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: Could someone please clarify if it's appropriate to respect upstream's wishes to leave the symbols in? Sure. It's only a should in policy, not a must, so it's ok not to strip. OK, I guess I'll pack 'em back in with my

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Colin Walters
On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 23:19, Drew Parsons wrote: Why does policy ask us to strip binaries anyway? Is it merely to reduce storage and bandwidth costs? Right. I think there will be a point in the future (probably 2-3 years away at least though) though where we can just default to shipping

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:09:00AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: But to answer your specific question, I don't see it as a big deal if you ship unstripped binaries in a package in unstable for a while. I think the important part is providing stripped binaries for sarge; so just be sure to

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Jörg Sommer
Drew Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Could someone please clarify if it's appropriate to respect upstream's wishes to leave the symbols in? Why you not provide a -dbg version of your package? If someone has an error and want to report this, he can install the -dbg version to get non

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Drew! You wrote: Why does policy ask us to strip binaries anyway? Is it merely to reduce storage and bandwidth costs? Yes, afaik this is the only reason. Could someone please clarify if it's appropriate to respect upstream's wishes to leave the symbols in? Sure. It's only a should in

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Jörg Sommer
Drew Parsons [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Could someone please clarify if it's appropriate to respect upstream's wishes to leave the symbols in? Why you not provide a -dbg version of your package? If someone has an error and want to report this, he can install the -dbg version to get non

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:30:35AM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: Could someone please clarify if it's appropriate to respect upstream's wishes to leave the symbols in? Sure. It's only a should in policy, not a must, so it's ok not to strip. OK, I guess I'll pack 'em back in with my next

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Colin Walters
On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 23:19, Drew Parsons wrote: Why does policy ask us to strip binaries anyway? Is it merely to reduce storage and bandwidth costs? Right. I think there will be a point in the future (probably 2-3 years away at least though) though where we can just default to shipping

Re: stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 10:09:00AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: But to answer your specific question, I don't see it as a big deal if you ship unstripped binaries in a package in unstable for a while. I think the important part is providing stripped binaries for sarge; so just be sure to

stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-12 Thread Drew Parsons
Policy says binaries should (not must) be stripped: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s11.1 Note that by default all installed binaries should be stripped, either by using the -s flag to install, or by calling strip on the binaries after they have been copied into debian/tmp

stripping binaries...must we?

2002-10-12 Thread Drew Parsons
Policy says binaries should (not must) be stripped: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s11.1 Note that by default all installed binaries should be stripped, either by using the -s flag to install, or by calling strip on the binaries after they have been copied into debian/tmp