On 2016-12-21 18:44 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Source: ncurses > Version: 6.0+20161126-1 > Severity: wishlist > > I would like to drop the -dbg packages when switching to the ncurses6 > ABI (#230990). One problem with them is that they are not > multiarch-coinstallable, due to shipping libraries directly in > /usr/lib/debug. > > The popcon count is in the three digit range, but the number of votes is > much lower. I suspect many people installed the -dbg packages back in > the days when there were no detached symbols, not to mention automatic > -dbgsym packages. > > When switching to the new ABI, the packages would have to be renamed > anyway, so there is no automatic upgrade path unless we provide > transitional packages which would also have its problems.
The next upload will not contain special debug libraries anymore, and the -dbg packages are now "Multi-Arch: same"[1]. If nobody complains about that, I will switch to -dbgsym packages later. Sven 1. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ncurses/commit/825bbadc08af31b247661cc027e2626e6504f3a8
