uploaded first pkg: pd-motex

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Aug 20, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Felipe Sateler wrote:

> 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.



Ok, I added notes about the symlinks to the changelog, updated the  
timestamp, and pushed the changes.  Ready for uploading :)

.hc

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