(I was away over the weekend) Ethan wrote: > 2) I'm trying to tag libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, which is a low-level > interface to the zlib library that isn't used by anything except other, > higher-level Perl zlib libraries. I would say the average user is going to > think of it as a role::shared-lib, because even if they develop software, > they'd probably look for a higher-level zlib library > (libiocompress-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl). On the other hand, they > might want to use it as a role::devel-lib if they're developing for some > weird situation where the lower-level interface is better (embedded > systems.. that use Perl? Not sure). For now I tagged it role::devel-lib, but > I thought it would be helpful to explain why this was a hard decision for me > and ask. DebTaggingGuidelines says that role::devel-lib is any "code library > that can be used by developers" [emphasis mine], but edit-help says "*What > does the package look like from this point of view?*"
Since it's clear nobody's been listening, I hereby give up my attempts to explain my interpretation of the difference between role::devel-lib and ::shared-lib. -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing) _______________________________________________ Debtags-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
