[Mageia-dev] [RFC] renaming -debug packages as -debuginfo

Sat Dec 1 15:14:46 CET 2012

Anssi Hannula skrev 1.12.2012 16:07:
+> 01.12.2012 14:41, Thierry Vignaud kirjoitti:
+>> Hi
+>>
+>> Every other distros name their debug packages as foobar-debuginfo.
+>> We name them foobar-debug instead.
+>>
+>> Due to this, we've to patch various packages (gdb, ...) for that.
+>> And we've to maintain those patches of course...
+>>
+>> What do you think about naming them -debuginfo like other distros
+>> do and drop those patches?
+>
+> Seems reasonable, but looks like the transition period might cause
+> problems, since you don't know if you need foo-debug or foo-debuginfo.
+>
+
+Well, if we do it right before we do the full rebuild, the transition
+period will be somewhat short...
+
+not to mention we have "minidebuginfo" already in place so even
+without -debug packages there should be somewhat helpful backtraces...
+
+
+But I think we'll postpone the full rebuild after beta1 so I can
+get a few updates to gcc & binutils and kernel-3.7 headers + glibc
+rebuild as "base" for the rebuild...
+
+pterjan is already doing pre-rebuild tests so people can focus on
+fixing those issues before we start pushing the rebuild to the
+mirrors...
+
+--
+Thomas
+
+