On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:53:37AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > Thanks for this excellent post, Goswin.
> [Goswin von Brederlow] > > 3) Library package > > ------------------ > > > > a) Follow Policy 8.2 (MUST directive) > > No conffiles, no binaries in the library package, no shared files > > (/usr/share/doc/package/ is excempt and dpkg will handle that). > Policy does not forbid /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/libfoo0.mo (as > it is specific to the soname) - but it sounds like that will break > library multiarch too. Can we have an exception for this? It seems > silly to require a libfoo0-l10n package for every localized library. No exception is needed. The current proposed multiarch design doesn't prohibit /usr/share/locale* files in library packages; the only requirement is that any files shipped there are identical between packages of the same version for multiple architectures. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
