Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files
On 21.02.2024 17:12, David Bremner wrote: Gürkan Myczko writes: On 21.02.2024 12:28, David Bremner wrote: Being the universal operating system, these tools are certainly not for normal users but more like developers and people in the embedded area. I include developers in people who don't care about the implementation, I have found sstrip to squeeze away some more kilobytes from binaries. A list of the tools with what they do would be more useful. Similar like elfutils it will only be interesting to people that want to use it. Sure, I'm not talking about making it interesting for every user, just having a description that helps someone in the target audience find the package and/or know if they want to install it. You're right the long description is not very good, I will need to improve this, noted. Thanks,
Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files
Gürkan Myczko writes: > On 21.02.2024 12:28, David Bremner wrote: > Being the universal operating system, these tools are certainly not for > normal users > but more like developers and people in the embedded area. > I include developers in people who don't care about the implementation, > I have found sstrip to squeeze away some more kilobytes from binaries. A list of the tools with what they do would be more useful. > Similar like elfutils it will only be interesting to people that want to > use it. Sure, I'm not talking about making it interesting for every user, just having a description that helps someone in the target audience find the package and/or know if they want to install it.
Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files
On 21.02.2024 12:28, David Bremner wrote: Gürkan Myczko writes: This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format. . The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the most part, these programs have limited real-world utility. . With the exception of shared use of the elfrw static library, each program is independent of the others. There is no other shared code between them, and they all take slightly different approaches to handling ELF files. I question how helpful this description is helpful for users of a binary distribution like Debian, who are (IMHO) generally more focused on functionality than studying the implementation of programs. Hi David, Being the universal operating system, these tools are certainly not for normal users but more like developers and people in the embedded area. I have found sstrip to squeeze away some more kilobytes from binaries. Similar like elfutils it will only be interesting to people that want to use it. Best,
Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files
Gürkan Myczko writes: > This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally > unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format. > . > The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and > educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file > format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the > most part, these programs have limited real-world utility. > . > With the exception of shared use of the elfrw static library, each > program is independent of the others. There is no other shared code > between them, and they all take slightly different approaches to > handling ELF files. I question how helpful this description is helpful for users of a binary distribution like Debian, who are (IMHO) generally more focused on functionality than studying the implementation of programs.
Bug#1064381: ITP: elfkickers -- collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Gürkan Myczko X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org * Package name: elfkickers Version : 0+git20240221+ds Upstream Authors: Brian Raiter URL : https://github.com/BR903/ELFkickers * License : GPL-2-or-later Description : collection of programs that access and manipulate ELF files This distribution is a collection of programs that are generally unrelated, except in that they all deal with the ELF file format. . The main purpose of these programs is to be illustrative and educational -- to help fellow programmers understand the ELF file format and something of how it works under the Linux platform. For the most part, these programs have limited real-world utility. . With the exception of shared use of the elfrw static library, each program is independent of the others. There is no other shared code between them, and they all take slightly different approaches to handling ELF files.
