Bug#621131: ftp.debian.org: Please add a section for GObject introspection packages

[Josselin Mouette]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

currently there are around 60 packages providing GObject introspection 
data, and the number is quickly increasing with the arrival of GNOME 3. 
These packages are meant to replace Python modules for all libraries 
based on GObject. They contain files in a specific format (.typelib) 
that can be used currently by Python, Seed and GJS to dynamically 
generate bindings for these libraries.

We have quite a strict policy for these packages:
	/usr/share/doc/gobject-introspection/policy.txt

Currently they belong to the libs section, but I feel they belong to a 
new, specific section. We discussed a bit names for it on IRC, but 
without finding a sparkling solution.
 * Either you consider this will remain GObject-specific, and the name 
   should be something like gobject-introspection or any abbreviation of 
   that (for the record, “GIR” in paths and package names means “gobject 
   introspection repository”).
 * Either you consider this practice might become used by other 
   subsystems and you name it according to its actual functionality. For 
   example dyn-bindings, or introspection.

The regexp to add existing packages is: "gir1\.2-.*"

Thanks,
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