Bug#787430: Please provide udeb of libncursesw5
On 2015-06-02 10:47 +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: Hello Sven Joachim. Thanks for your quick and very useful reply. On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 09:10:17PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2015-06-01 18:55 +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: [...] Since util-linux builds tools used by the debian installer and thus provides udebs, all dependencies will also need to provide udebs. AFAIK the only affected program would be cfdisk, or is there any other program in util-linux which currently uses slang? Only cfdisk-udeb. Thus, please provide an udeb for libncursesw5 (and in turn libtinfo5). I'm not too keen on doing that. Have you asked on debian-boot about their opinion? Last time the issue came up, just dropping cfdisk-udeb was among the proposals[1]. My attempts at poking the installer people have not resulted in any useful feedback. Given that we're now early in the cycle I'm willing to just go with something and wait for the installer people to scream if I broke something, and then fix it. Thanks for your historic reference, which I was not aware of. Maybe dropping cfdisk-udeb is an ok solution... [...] _If_ we are to build udebs from ncurses, I gladly accept patches, but I would like to avoid that if possible. Sounds like you're not totally opposed to it then. How about the following plan: I send a mail to debian-boot suggesting dropping cfdisk-udeb. If noone says anything I'll follow up with uploading such a package. If there are backlashes, we'll handle it by adding the udeb to ncursesw5 and reenabling cfdisk-udeb (now built against ncursesw5). Does that sound ok to you? Yes, I'm fine with that plan. Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#787430: Please provide udeb of libncursesw5
Hello Sven Joachim. Thanks for your quick and very useful reply. On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 09:10:17PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2015-06-01 18:55 +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: [...] Since util-linux builds tools used by the debian installer and thus provides udebs, all dependencies will also need to provide udebs. AFAIK the only affected program would be cfdisk, or is there any other program in util-linux which currently uses slang? Only cfdisk-udeb. Thus, please provide an udeb for libncursesw5 (and in turn libtinfo5). I'm not too keen on doing that. Have you asked on debian-boot about their opinion? Last time the issue came up, just dropping cfdisk-udeb was among the proposals[1]. My attempts at poking the installer people have not resulted in any useful feedback. Given that we're now early in the cycle I'm willing to just go with something and wait for the installer people to scream if I broke something, and then fix it. Thanks for your historic reference, which I was not aware of. Maybe dropping cfdisk-udeb is an ok solution... [...] _If_ we are to build udebs from ncurses, I gladly accept patches, but I would like to avoid that if possible. Sounds like you're not totally opposed to it then. How about the following plan: I send a mail to debian-boot suggesting dropping cfdisk-udeb. If noone says anything I'll follow up with uploading such a package. If there are backlashes, we'll handle it by adding the udeb to ncursesw5 and reenabling cfdisk-udeb (now built against ncursesw5). Does that sound ok to you? Cheers, Sven 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2011/02/msg00990.html Regards, Andreas Henriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#787430: Please provide udeb of libncursesw5
Package: ncurses Version: 5.9+20150516-2 Severity: wishlist Hello! I'm planning on switching src:util-linux from using slang to using ncurses(w), since that is the upstream recommended and supported build option. Since util-linux builds tools used by the debian installer and thus provides udebs, all dependencies will also need to provide udebs. Thus, please provide an udeb for libncursesw5 (and in turn libtinfo5). Apart from the added packages which means you'll need to go through the NEW queue, the added overhead is the maintenance of a shlibs file (as udebs does not handle debian/*.symbols) which needs the mentioned version bumped every time a change is done to the corresponding symbols file. Except from a few special fields in debian/control the only real difference between the real package and the udeb is that you drop usr/share/doc from the package content. I'd like to move forward on this as soon as possible. If you'd like me to provide patches, please tell me! Thanks in advance. Regards, Andreas Henriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#787430: Please provide udeb of libncursesw5
On 2015-06-01 18:55 +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: Package: ncurses Version: 5.9+20150516-2 Severity: wishlist Hello! I'm planning on switching src:util-linux from using slang to using ncurses(w), since that is the upstream recommended and supported build option. Since util-linux builds tools used by the debian installer and thus provides udebs, all dependencies will also need to provide udebs. AFAIK the only affected program would be cfdisk, or is there any other program in util-linux which currently uses slang? Thus, please provide an udeb for libncursesw5 (and in turn libtinfo5). I'm not too keen on doing that. Have you asked on debian-boot about their opinion? Last time the issue came up, just dropping cfdisk-udeb was among the proposals[1]. Apart from the added packages which means you'll need to go through the NEW queue, the added overhead is the maintenance of a shlibs file (as udebs does not handle debian/*.symbols) which needs the mentioned version bumped every time a change is done to the corresponding symbols file. Except from a few special fields in debian/control the only real difference between the real package and the udeb is that you drop usr/share/doc from the package content. I'd like to move forward on this as soon as possible. If you'd like me to provide patches, please tell me! _If_ we are to build udebs from ncurses, I gladly accept patches, but I would like to avoid that if possible. Cheers, Sven 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2011/02/msg00990.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
