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** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792004
Title:
Architecture Policy inadaquate
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Binary package hint: software-center
Ubuntu Application Package Architecture Problem
In systems prior to Natty [11.04], building packages for both simple
utility applications was quite easy. If the package architecture was
set to all, then the package would install on both i386 and amd64
systems.
With 11.04, the rules have changed apparently. The Ubuntu Software
Center now reports a bad package quality with lintian if an all
architecture package contains a program executable.
So, to avoid this error for a small utility programs one will need to
build two packages: one with i386 and one with amd64.
Do we really think that we need to burden the entire ubuntu
application eco-system with two packages for every minor utility?
At least, the system does not require /usr/bin and /usr/bin32, as
windows x64 has done with Program Files and Program Files(x86) which
is totally silly since the architectue knows when it runs the
application exe that it is an x64 image or an x86 image.
I have seen no documentation of the reason behind this choice, despite
many hours of searching for package policies and studying many
documents in both the Debian and Ubuntu documentation sites.
It seems that the policy needs either some work and changes or some
documentation.
I have found no documentation about how to build packages for Ubuntu
Software Center, which now employs lintian. ANd I have found no
documentation about the policies of lintian or where they have been
reviewed and decided. It seems they have not received wide review,
Based on this I am posting a bug against the Ubuntu Software Center
for the inability to build a package that will install a perfectly
good working i386 exe program on both an i386 and an amd64 system.
I am not posting this as a lack of documentation, since I think this
is a larger problem than a documentation note that says build two
packages. That is not a reasonable solution for the many utilities
that many of need to deploy in ubuntu systems. I'm quite sure there
are many packages, some for utilities, that will need to be different
for both i386 and amd64 systems. And I am also aware that all is not a
good choice since that would imply that the package should be valid
for an ARM or PPC based system. But along the way, we have failed to
put in the architecture case of allx86, which is the case that we
really need.
Where is the policy, and how do we get it changed?
Thanks,
WindyWeather
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