Re: Tags questions
(I was away over the weekend) Ethan wrote: 2) I'm trying to tag libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, which is a low-level interface to the zlib library that isn't used by anything except other, higher-level Perl zlib libraries. I would say the average user is going to think of it as a role::shared-lib, because even if they develop software, they'd probably look for a higher-level zlib library (libiocompress-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl). On the other hand, they might want to use it as a role::devel-lib if they're developing for some weird situation where the lower-level interface is better (embedded systems.. that use Perl? Not sure). For now I tagged it role::devel-lib, but I thought it would be helpful to explain why this was a hard decision for me and ask. DebTaggingGuidelines says that role::devel-lib is any code library that can be used by developers [emphasis mine], but edit-help says *What does the package look like from this point of view?* Since it's clear nobody's been listening, I hereby give up my attempts to explain my interpretation of the difference between role::devel-lib and ::shared-lib. -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing) ___ Debtags-devel mailing list Debtags-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
Re: Tags questions
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 10:07:19PM -0400, Ethan wrote: I'm not sure if this is the right place for this kind of question or not, but I thought I'd ask and see if I got flamed :) Don't worry :) 1) I see that there are tags works-with-format::zip, but not works-with-format::gzip. I'm not sure exactly how useful something like that would be, or how many formats tags ought to be created for.. I think there's no works-with-format::gzip because it's so widely supported that I have trouble seeing a use case for someone looking for something that can handle gzips: almost everything can. There is however more than a use case for looking for programs that can unpack a .zip file. At least, this would be the rationale, but I can of course be missing something. 2) I'm trying to tag libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, which is a low-level interface to the zlib library that isn't used by anything except other, higher-level Perl zlib libraries. I would say the average user is going to think of it as a role::shared-lib, because even if they develop software, they'd probably look for a higher-level zlib library (libiocompress-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl). On the other hand, they might want to use it as a role::devel-lib if they're developing for some weird situation where the lower-level interface is better (embedded systems.. that use Perl? Not sure). For now I tagged it role::devel-lib, but I thought it would be helpful to explain why this was a hard decision for me and ask. DebTaggingGuidelines says that role::devel-lib is any code library that can be used by developers [emphasis mine], but edit-help says What does the package look like from this point of view? I understand your point. Maybe we need something to encode a concept like the maintainer believe this package is not to be used directly, but instead as a runtime support for more high-level libraries, but I can't think of any straightforward way of doing that. I'd say, happily go with role::devel-lib and leave it to the users to decide if they need it or not. In fact, you can take advantage of the package description and add a note telling them that they most likely don't, unless in very few specific cases. Ciao, Enrico -- GPG key: 1024D/797EBFAB 2000-12-05 Enrico Zini [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Debtags-devel mailing list Debtags-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
Tags questions
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this kind of question or not, but I thought I'd ask and see if I got flamed :) 1) I see that there are tags works-with-format::zip, but not works-with-format::gzip. I'm not sure exactly how useful something like that would be, or how many formats tags ought to be created for.. 2) I'm trying to tag libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, which is a low-level interface to the zlib library that isn't used by anything except other, higher-level Perl zlib libraries. I would say the average user is going to think of it as a role::shared-lib, because even if they develop software, they'd probably look for a higher-level zlib library (libiocompress-zlib-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl). On the other hand, they might want to use it as a role::devel-lib if they're developing for some weird situation where the lower-level interface is better (embedded systems.. that use Perl? Not sure). For now I tagged it role::devel-lib, but I thought it would be helpful to explain why this was a hard decision for me and ask. DebTaggingGuidelines says that role::devel-lib is any code library that can be used by developers [emphasis mine], but edit-help says *What does the package look like from this point of view?* Ethan ___ Debtags-devel mailing list Debtags-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
