[csw-maintainers] netsnmp package, policy question

[Mike Watters]

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Roger Håkansson wrote:
> Philip Brown wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:55:05AM +0100, Roger H�kansson wrote:
>>> What is the standard regarding perl and/or python modules for
>>> packages,  are those to be packaged in separate packages or is it ok
>>> to put them  with the main package? (I guess separate, but have to ask)
>>
>> depends. If they are useless without the main package, then may as
>> well keep them in
>> the main package.
>>
>> Unless they are very bulky, in which case, splitting them out would be
>> nice
>> for those people who dont need it, but do need the main package.
> 
> 
> The perl stuff consists of 9 .pm files, 14 .bs/.ix files and 7 .so files
> linked to libraries in the main package, totally 30 files and 464k
> 
> The python stuff consists of 4 .pyc files, 4 .py files and a .so file
> linked to libraries in the main package (plus 4 text files which contain
> configurational info), totally 13 files and 84k.
> 
> The main package consists of 560 files (including perl and python
> files), totally 9160k
> 
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IMO if the extensions are "optional" I would put them in their own package.

the php5* extensions are usually only 2 files and extension-name.so and extension-name.a
** some have header files but not many **

if you bundle the extensions with the main package,
the main package then requires perl and python.
if the main package requires perl and python without the modules, I would say keep them in the main package


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Thanks,
Mike

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