Re: RFC: fix non-strippability of -custom executables in a Debian-specific way

2011-03-18 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
On 15/03/2011 17:30, Stéphane Glondu wrote: Hello, I would like to apply to the ocaml package in Debian the patch I submitted at [1], even though it has been rejected upstream. +1. Thanks for your work. I am planning to upload ocaml 3.12.0 with this patch unless there is strong objection,

Re: RFC: fix non-strippability of -custom executables in a Debian-specific way

2011-03-15 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 05:30:16PM +0100, Stéphane Glondu wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to apply to the ocaml package in Debian the patch I > submitted at [1], even though it has been rejected upstream. Patch looks sensible, but I'm curious, I can't find why it was rejected upstream. From a F

Re: RFC: fix non-strippability of -custom executables in a Debian-specific way

2011-03-15 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 06:15:18PM +0100, Stéphane Glondu wrote: > Le 15/03/2011 17:58, Richard W.M. Jones a écrit : > >>I would like to apply to the ocaml package in Debian the patch I > >>submitted at [1], even though it has been rejected upstream. > > > >Patch looks sensible, but I'm curious, I

Re: RFC: fix non-strippability of -custom executables in a Debian-specific way

2011-03-15 Thread Stéphane Glondu
Le 15/03/2011 17:58, Richard W.M. Jones a écrit : I would like to apply to the ocaml package in Debian the patch I submitted at [1], even though it has been rejected upstream. Patch looks sensible, but I'm curious, I can't find why it was rejected upstream. From a Fedora POV we'd much prefer s

RFC: fix non-strippability of -custom executables in a Debian-specific way

2011-03-15 Thread Stéphane Glondu
Hello, I would like to apply to the ocaml package in Debian the patch I submitted at [1], even though it has been rejected upstream. I still agree that -custom should be avoided when possible... but contrarily to Xavier, I don't think it is always possible *and relevant* in practice. I'm thi