[Debian-med-packaging] libqes ready for review/upload

[Kevin Murray]

Hi Charles,

On 22:03 15/11, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 09:33:52PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> > Le Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 11:21:29PM +1100, Kevin Murray a écrit :
> > > 
> > > As part of repackaging axe-demulitplexer, I've created a separate libqes
> > > package (as the projects are separate). This package is ready for review and
> > > upload. Once this hits unstable, I'll ask for review & upload of the new
> > > axe-demulitplexer package, which will fix some FTBFS and RC bugs.
> > 
> > I am on it :)
> 
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> thanks for your contribution.  I just sponsored it.  Here are the compressed
> build logs.
> 

Thanks!

> By the way, the package has no "symbols" file.  I know that Andreas does not
> like them because by design they create build failures, but if you master them
> and make most of the work on the package, I think that it should be OK,
> especially that you are the upstream author.  Symbols files are especially
> useful to ensure that a library package gets updated when a depending binary
> package needs newer features from the library.  It is also usefult for spotting
> some of the most obvious backward incompatibilities.  Altogether, if you expect
> the library to evolve frequently or to be used by a large number of packages,
> the symbols file will be useful.  Otherwise, it may be skipped.
> 
> (By the way I just remembered that the build failures created by the symbols
> files can be prevented by setting DPKG_GENSYMBOLS_CHECK_LEVEL to zero; I do not
> necessarly recommend it, but in some packages it may be a good compromise).
> 

Though it probably isn't necessary for libqes, I'd like to learn the best
practices around symbol files. Is there a package you know of which create a
symbols file in a way you consider best practice? Does this happen by hand, as
a d/rules rule, or with some dh black magic? I am a little confused by the
documentation regarding symbols files.

Cheers,
Kevin

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