Hello Debian developers, When doing research about circular-deps, I looked at a lot of packages that are split between a binary package and a data package. This is a good thing since this reduce the total siez of the archive, however there are simple rules that should be followed:
1) Make sure pkg-data is actually arch: all. 2) Name it in a way that make the relationship obvious: For example, if the upstream name is 'foo', name the binary package 'foo' and the data package 'foo-data'. 3) Keep the files that 'signal' executables in the same package than the executable (e.g. menu file, program manpage). 4) Do not put symlinks in data packages that point to files in the binary package. This do not really save space and avoid dandling symlinks when the binary package is not installed. 5) Of course move /usr/share/pkg to pkg-data. 6) Do not make pkg-data to Depends on pkg. 7) Try to do it correctly the first time: if you move file between pkg and pkg-data, you will need to use Replaces: Please check your packages follow these rules, and if not, do not forget about rule 7. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
