Bug#271409: libgail17: locale files in common package ?

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

tags 271409 - experimental
thanks

The experimental package just follows the unstable and stable packages in
this regard.

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 11:46:14 +1000, Johan Fischer wrote:
> I noticed the locale files are in the libgail17 package. Checking on
> libgnomevfs2.0, the locale are in the common package.... 
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to put the locales files in the common package or
> maybe the common package has another signification here because I don't
> see why the two gtk-2.0 shared object are not in the libgail17 to
> concentrate the shared object in one package with the architecture any
> and put the locales in a separate package using architecture all...

The decision to use the -common package seems to have been been made quite
deliberately (it's "Architecture: any", not "all"; it has "Depends:
${shlibs:Depends}" and its description mentions shared libraries, but is not
a literal copy of the libgail17 description). Unfortunately, I'm not aware
of the reasoning behind it.

Ray
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