On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 10:01:29AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 27-Apr-2002 Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > Suppose that a source package makes two .deb, "package-data" and "package" > > (which depends on "package-data"), and /usr/share/doc/package is a symlink > > to /usr/share/doc/package-data . Should "package" depend on exactly the > > same version of "package-data"? > > > > allows any version > > -> changelog may be out of date if only "package" is upgraded > > > > depneds on the same version > > -> forces the user to download huge "package-data" on each upgrade > > > > and as always you must ask yourself -- why am I splitting this package? Does > it make sense for the user to only install one of them? Can they function out > version sync? Since the user is likely to just be apt-get upgrading anyway, > what chance is there that a version skew will occur?
'Is the -data package arch-independant, and large enough to save lots of disk on the mirrors?' > Don't just split without good reason. Just making sure one of the good reasons was seen in the discussion. -- *************************************************************************** Joel Baker System Administrator - lightbearer.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.lightbearer.com/lucifer/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
