On Mon, Aug 10 2009, Don Armstrong wrote:
>> Also, It is indeed trivial to add that to non-helper-package using
>> packages, it just requires some editing (just like modufying helper
>> packages will need editing).
>
> Since it's trivial, I look forward to seeing patches from you to
> implement policy once we decide it on all of the non-debhelper using
> packages. [How many person-hours of labor are we talking about now?]
Why would you see patches? You will see new uploads of my
packages. As a DD, I am responsible for my packages, and making sure
they follow policy -- and any policy mandate to add debug packages will
be fairly trivial to implement (I already have kernel-package allowing
debug kernel images to be built).
I think it will take me about 30 minutes or so to code, and
of course any new packages will have to be built and tested, but I can
mostly automate that bit. Turning on debug packages is likely to be
less than 5 minutes per package, unless I choose to implement turning
on debug packages without entering them in debian/control.
Even if I let a helper package build some packages, I would
still have to test it -- more so, since it would be mostly black
magic. So people who use helper packages will still have to
rebuild/test their packages anyway -- I do not see the testing part as
a new and onerous burden only upon myself. Or were you imagining some
single person is going to test all these debug packages? How many
thousands of man hours is that?
I would not presume to let gobs of untested packages loose on the
archive, no.
So anyone not using a helper is already responsible for having
their packages follow policy; and if they follow the current policy
already, adding debug packages will be trivial.
manoj
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