Debug package

[Roberto C. Sanchez]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:58:20PM +0200, Fabian Fagerholm wrote:
> (Please don't cc me on list posts, I'm subscribed ;)
> 
My mistake,  I was in a bit of a hurry earlier.

> You're right that the package takes up some space compared to the other
> packages. It's 536k and by far the largest of the binary packages we
> build. (The -dev package is 260k, second largest after -dbg.)
> 
> On the other hand, the package is meant to be installed while debugging,
> and it needn't be installed otherwise. So the user can just remove it
> after having obtained the debug info with gdb. As for taking up archive
> space, well, it's a tiny bit smaller than adding separate packages.
> 
> Finally, its maintenance is ridiculously easy. You basically have to do
> nothing, dh_strip does all the work now and there is no NEW overhead.
> Separate packages would involve some more elaboration in debian/rules
> and it's easy to forget to add and maintain matching -dbg packages.
> 
Good points, especially on the maintenance.  I am always in favor of low
maintenance.

> 
> In fact, I think shipping the -dbg package with etch is a *really* good
> idea, because otherwise it'll be very hard to say anything useful about
> segfault reports. And that'll last for a whole release.
> 
Good point.

> I do think we need to make a compelling argument, but I think we've done
> some good groundwork, and we're even able to look ahead a little bit and
> prepare for issues which we know are going to surface. This can't be bad
> from the RM's perspective. :)
> 
Another good point.

> My current thinking is that we go through NEW with -dbg starting in two
> days or so, then we look at our status and try iron out any remaining
> issues, aiming for stability. This shouldn't be more than a week, two
> tops. After that, we ask the RMs (Steve Langasek has agreed to handle
> our case) to take a look and come up with a list of issues that they'd
> like us to fix before they're comfortable letting this into etch. Of
> course, we adapt to circumstances, but that's how I see things today.
> 
Ok.  That sounds good.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
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