* Nilesh Patra <nil...@debian.org> [231026 06:43]: > On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 08:35:51AM +0200, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > > > Go has the extremely nice feature that cross-compiling for other > > > architectures and OSs is very easy. I have, on a number of occasions > > > used Debian to cross-compile Go programs for Windows. > > > > > > I have no particular interest in this package, but yes, it is > > > appropriate to package a Windows-only Go package in Debian. > > > > Why would it be in debian though? > > > > Go provides a repository for libraries. I thought we were packaging > > libraries > > in debian if they were a requirement for things used in debian, that can't > > just download libraries when building (which is the normal way in go) > > This is true. It makes sense to package go libraries in debian only when > some target package actually depends on it. In this case, for me it > makes no sense to have a windows specific go library in debian.
>From the original ITP: This golang package is dependency to my program I am packaging for Debian. As I said, I do not know about or care about this particular package. My statement was meant to correct what looked like a blanket statement that windows-only Go packages should not be in Debian. If you were saying that _the package in question_ should not be packaged, that was not clear; you did not give any reason that I could see other than it is windows-only. That fact should not have any bearing on the reasons for packaging or not packaging. [BTW, I am subscribed to d-devel; no need to (B)CC me.] ...Marvin