Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Christian PERRIER wrote: >> -Description: Experimental Go programming language compiler >> +Description: Go programming language compiler > > Shouldn't this say "Go programming language compiler (weekly snapshot)" > or something similar to distinguish it from the main golang package?
That's what I thought until I discovered that the only golang packages available for the golang metapackage to pull in are the -weekly ones. At present, warning people to use that instead seems rather futile. > [...] >> - Go is an experiment. We hope adventurous users will give it a try and >> - see if they enjoy it. Not every programmer will, but we hope enough >> - will find satisfaction in the approach it offers to justify further >> - development. The language can (and still does) change between weekly >> - releases, check http://golang.org/doc/devel/weekly.html before >> - upgrading this package. >> + This package provides an assembler, a compiler, and a linker for the >> + Go programming language. This is Google's implementation of the Go >> + tool chain. > > The warning about lack of stability seems relevant to someone > considering whether to install the package. Maybe something like this, > to give the same hints more briefly: > > This package provides an assembler, a compiler, and a linker for the > Go programming language. This is Google's implementation of the Go > tool chain. > . > Go is young. There are still language changes between weekly > releases, described at http://golang.org/doc/devel/weekly.html. > > Or maybe, stealing text from that page: > > This package provides an assembler, a compiler, and a linker for the > Go programming language. This is Google's implementation of the Go > tool chain. > . > Weekly snapshots occur often and may not be stable. If stability of > API and code is more important than having the latest features, use > the official releases from the golang package instead. Bear in mind that these packages are already in Testing; if the idea is that some particular individual weekly snapshot is going to end up as the only version of golang released with Wheezy, the text above won't make much sense. > By the way, why is this a separate source package instead of being > called golang in experimental? Or to put it another way, if the upstream versions of the last three golang-weekly releases are 2011.09.07, 2011.09.21, and 2012.01.27, why is it called -weekly? -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
