On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:23:35 +1100, Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy all, > > What relationship should be declared between a binary ‘python-foo-dbg’ > package and the ‘python-dbg’ package? > > I can't remember the rationale, but the consensus was not what I > expected. Should the binary package ‘Depends: python-dbg’, or should it > instead ‘Recommends: python-dbg’? What's the rationale?
In http://wiki.debian.org/Python/DbgBuilds, we argued for ‘Recommends: python-dbg’ if the package can be used without the debug interpreter (eg: it contains the stripped debugging symbols for use with gdb); otherwise, ‘Depends: python-dbg’. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
