uploaded first pkg: pd-motex

[Felipe Sateler]

On 19/08/10 21:42, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> 
>> On 19/08/10 13:36, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 23:14 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 02:40:09PM -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 05:16:09PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 15:35:10 (CEST), Hans-Christoph Steiner
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> README.txt and LICENSE.txt are part of the Pd library format.
>>>>>>>> They are part of the library, and the Help Browser (aka the
>>>>>>>> library browser) looks for them to display them.  The library
>>>>>>>> format is basically a directory with files in it, and a subdir
>>>>>>>> called 'examples'.  That install target actually serves to
>>>>>>>> enforce that all the standard files are there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In this library, I could replace the file with a symlink to
>>>>>>>> ../../../ common-licenses/GPL-2, but other libraries might have
>>>>>>>> different licenses so this wouldn't always be the case.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I guess that both the license and the README.txt actually belongs
>>>>>>> to /usr/share/doc/$package, that's what debian policy tells us to
>>>>>>> do. IIRC, documentation browsers like dhelp and the default
>>>>>>> webserver's configurations publish /usr/share/doc so that users
>>>>>>> can browse package documentation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So moving these files and symlink them to where the package
>>>>>>> expect them seems to me the right thing to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is wrong, actually:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Code must not depend on /usr/share/doc existing on the machine, so
>>>>>> when a file is needed both by runtime and below /usr/share/doc then
>>>>>> the actual file should be placed elsewhere and a symlink be placed
>>>>>> below /usr/share/doc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure if this is explicitly clarified in Debian Policy or only a
>>>>>> result of close-reading FHS (File Hierarchy Standard) or some such.
>>>>>> Perhaps look for sections regarding example scripts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In this context, I think the above suggestion makes the most sense.
>>>>> So here's my plan:
>>>>>
>>>>> - make the LICENSE.txt file into a symlink, if GPL, BSD or other
>>>>> common license
>>>>> - make usr/share/doc/pd-motex/README.txt a symlink to the one in the
>>>>> library
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd need to remove LICENSE.txt then make the symllnk.  What's the
>>>>> best way to remove the file?  I could patch the Makefile to remove
>>>>> the line in 'make install' that installs LICENSE.txt the add a link
>>>>> in debian/links.  Is there some easy/proper way in debhelper to just
>>>>> remove an installed file?
>>>>
>>>> Your questions makes me suspect that you did not notice my earier
>>>> response in this thread (even earlier than above quoted one).
>>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:54:32 +0200
>>>> Message-ID: <20100817095432.GG7578 at jones.dk>
>>>>
>>>> There I describe how I do similarly with Sugar packages.
>>>>
>>>> To answer more directly to your questions: No, I believe there is no
>>>> debhelper routine specifically for this.  Possibly you can make dh_link
>>>> force overwrite existing object, but I find my proposed approach of
>>>> replacing only if identical safer.
>>>
>>> Ok, I did it with an 'rm' in debian/rules, hope that's ok.  I pushed the
>>> commit.
>>
>> So, pd-motex should be ready?
> 
> 
> Everything is ready from my end. :-)  Its feeling quite polished, plus
> all the rest too.

OK, please update the changelog (I believe installing stuff as symlinks
to /usr/share/doc should be noted), and the signature. I can upload it then.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler