On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 13:11, Justin B Rye <j...@edlug.org.uk> wrote: > 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.
No. packages.qa.debian.org/g/golang.html > 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. No, they are not in the Testing: http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/golang-weekly.html >> 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? Because upstream do weekly releases, but I upload -weekly release when I have a time. I need to automatize the process, but it goes back to "when I have a time". O. -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
