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
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