On 3/29/06, Nicholas Breen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > severity 359682 wishlist > thanks > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 08:16:30PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: > > I think gromacs-dev should belongs to libdevel section, how about change > > it? > > The line between devel and libdevel can be fuzzy, but I think it's in > the right place as is. The focus isn't so much on "library development" > as it is on "GROMACS-only development", since libgmx/libmd aren't split > out into their own packages, nor are they used by anything else. > Development packages that are only useful for one particular application > generally seem to go under devel. Does that seem reasonable? >
Hello, follows is extra information on this bug. in aptitude, it has a description for each section devel: Packages in the 'devel' section are used to write new software and work on existing software. Non-programmers who do not compile their own software probably do not need much software from this section. It includes compilers, debugging tools, programmer's editors, source processing tools, and other things related to software development. some example package in devel: automake autoconf libtool binutils cvs ddd eclipse gcc g++ make libdevel: Packages in the 'libdevel' section contain files required for building programs that use libraries in the 'libs' section. You don't need packages from this section unless you want to compile software yourself. some exampe packge in libdevel: fftw3-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, libglib2.0-dev ... I am not sure libdevel is the correct place, but I don't think devel section is. Beacuse gromacs-dev does not belongs to "compilers, debugging tools, programmer's editors, source processing tools, and other things related to software development." -- LI Daobing
