[SCM] Free Firewire Audio Drivers (ffado.org) packaging branch, master, updated. debian/2.0.0+svn1806-1-10-ga1a93ce

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:07:02PM +0200, Adrian Knoth wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 05:50:08PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>>> We could probably call python-support in the rules file, if it's not 
>>> done automagically by cdbs. ;)
>>
>> I certainly recommend to use one of thos Python install systems, not try
>> to outsmart them.
>>
>> Doing so with CDBS goes roughly like this:
>>
>>  * Include CDBS class python-module.mk
>>  * Declare above CDBS inclusions which Python install system to use
>>  * Add proper ${python:*} variables to control file
>>  * Follow documentation of the chosen Python install system on what
>> other hints is needed
>>  * Update build dependencies
>
>I completely agree, this sounds reasonable. (I don't have the slightest 
>clue about python packaging, so handing this over to those tools might 
>be a good idea).
>
>
>> Fair enough - if not a module then it need not be packaged 
>> separately, but packaging still needs to follow Python Policy.
>
>Are we violating the policy? I must admit I haven't read the 
>python-policy.
>
>As far as I can tell, it's working, lintian isn't complaining, it has 
>the right build- and runtime-dependencies and it probably has the right 
>paths, too, though I'm not entirely sure about the last one.
>
>
>If you feel we need to change something, please do so. It would take me 
>ten times longer to sort out all the nuances imposed by the policy I 
>haven't read, time that's better spent on actually coding something 
>useful. ;) (e.g. the FFADO-FTBFS-gcc-4.5, which I fixed this afternoon. 
>I'm pushing this upstream and then update to a new svn version 
>afterwards)

I'll have a closer look.

Even if accidentally(!) we do follow Python Policy, I would prefer to 
let CDBS handle it, so as to potentially automagically update it too.


  - Jonas

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