On Mon, 25 May 2020 11:40:15 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > > > So I'm OK with centralizing this somehow in perl-xs-dev (aka. > > > libperl-dev). > > Hm, perl-xs-dev is only needed for arch:any packages but we might > > want to add other variables which are (also) used in arch:all > > packages as well. > I don't think it hurts to ask packages needing this to build-dep on > libperl-dev if they need access to this variable. I don't think we should > ship such a file in a non-dev package, unless we have a clear and > reasonable runtime use for it (my worry is that people will start > using it for the wrong thing otherwise, which will make it harder to > change later).
Having the makefile in a dev package, and having to explicitly build-depend on it makes sense to me. What makes me a bit uneasy is maybe a bikeshed thing: The name and semantics of the package to put it in. libperl-dev is for embedding perl; perl-xs-dev was invented for (cross-compiling support of) arch:any/XS packages; now we are talking about (a) generic (arch:any + arch:all) packaging support file(s) - and creating yet another package just for one file is overkill as well. (Sorry, that was just thinking out aloud …) Cheers, gregor -- .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at -- Debian Developer https://www.debian.org : :' : OpenPGP fingerprint D1E1 316E 93A7 60A8 104D 85FA BB3A 6801 8649 AA06 `. `' Member VIBE!AT & SPI Inc. -- Supporter Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Element Of Crime: Alle vier Minuten
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