Hello, On 17-07-2009, Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> wrote: > > --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 01:59:58PM +0000, Sylvain Le Gall wrote: >> The following commit has been merged in the master branch: >> commit eb5a293a405af69c713e6c42e4c03107ec9b0816 >> Author: Sylvain Le Gall <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri Jul 17 13:52:03 2009 +0000 >>=20 >> Add dom-switch-opt to test byte compilation on native arch > > I'm *seriously* worried about this addition. > > Such an executable is apparently, a very bad violation of Debian > Policy, as it fiddles with executables which are under /usr/bin/ and > belong to another package (i.e. not dh-ocaml), executables which are > not even fiddled by using standard debian tools (i.e., > dpkg-divert). Also, it is based on the implicit underlying assumption > that noone else is using that machine while the maintainer is doing is > test builds. > > So, IMO, in no way it is acceptable to ship such a tool in a package > that random users can install and shoot in their feet running > dom-switch-opt that easily. > > That said: yes, I've always had a similar executable on my machine to > do tests, but I never thought about shipping it in a package that end > users can install. > > Please revert that. > > If you really want to ship that, do so in /usr/share/, or under > examples/, but well far away from users $PATH. >
This is just a commit of my own script (probably like yours) inside dh-ocaml. It is a good way to test package build and hence a must have tools for pkg-ocaml-maint. I would like to tweak it with the help of Mehdi and Stephane (and other pkg-ocaml-maint). I 100% agree that it should not be installed, but with your permission I will just move it to "noinstall" directory inside dh-ocaml. This way you can only get the script by a "git checkout" of dh-ocaml and a link, which is easy for pkg-ocaml-maint. The script will not be distributed. Regards, Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
