On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 03:21:37PM -0400, Olek Wojnar wrote: > Any advice on this? I really want to do what's "right" and what's best for > this package and the greater Debian infrastructure but I wonder if > insisting on shipping symbols files is actually doing more harm than good. > (e.g. I'm sure the buildds don't appreciate the extra load...)
Do a "good enough" procedure, because it is best for Debian if you do not burn out due to symbols. My 2 cents: Stop shipping symbol files. Their troubles outweight by far the benefits* and they make (C++) stuff incredible fragile. Even with the kde symbol helpers it is still a mess. I've been burnt by them countless times… You never know whether a subsequent upload, binNMU or toolchain change will break your build again. * I'd rather hack on other bugs than on doing constantly symbol file massages… Just my 2 cents, of course… YMMV… > -Olek
