On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 08:27:49PM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been (for some time) working on packaging for hoogle. There > have been a number of things that required fixing upstream and that > has now mostly been done. > > One final problem is what to do with the hoogle database files. > Currently one the package I am working on is installed, there are > no database files. Assuming the machine is connected to the > internet, the database files can be installed using: > > sudo hoogle data > > which installs the database files in the directory: > > /usr/share/hoogle/hoogle-X.Y.Z/database > > QUestions: > > a) Is this acceptable as the way it is? > > b) Should the postinstall script run the required command? > > c) Should the postinstall script print a message suggesting that > the person doing the install run the required command? > > d) Should I package the database files as a deb?
I'm not a member of haskell-pkg, but as DD, I think that should rather be somewhere under /var/lib/hoogle (and not under /usr), if hoogle can be so configured. My 2c, iustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
