On 12-03-19 at 08:59am, Andres Mejia wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 5:25 AM, Fabian Greffrath > <fab...@greffrath.com> wrote: > > Am 19.03.2012 03:59, schrieb Andres Mejia: > > > >> Though the build time is increased for libav, ultimately, this > >> change would be better as the buildd network would not have to cope > >> with building from two source packages (i.e. setting up and tearing > >> down for libav and libav-extra for each architecture). Also, in my > >> opinion, it is easier and less error prone to maintain a single > >> libav package rather than two of them. > > > > > > I generally agree with your proposal, although "easier and less > > error-prone" is in the eye of the beholder, of course. At least I am > > currently a bit lost in your proposed diff against debian/rules. ;) > > > > In this context, please remove the libav-source binary package as > > well. It is of no further use (that I know of) if the libav-extra > > source package is removed. Also, please make sure that only the > > dynamic libraries are rebuilt for the extra packages, not the static > > one (don't know if it is already like this; as I said, the diff is a > > bit too much for me on a Monday morning ;) ).
> I think the libav-source package will still be useful. There are > people who like to activate/deactivate certain features of libav. They > can use the libav-source package and ensure they have a build with all > the patches applied for the Debian builds of libav. I disagree: That argument would apply for *any* package in Debian. Binary packages containing sources is a special construct specifically for our build system, not needed for direct exposure to our users: Users who want to recompile packages can much easier do so by forking the source package. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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