[csw-maintainers] Handling of devel package splits

[Trygve Laugstøl]

Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> Hi James,
> 
> Am 05.10.2009 um 10:54 schrieb James Lee:
>> On 04/10/09, 09:47:35, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote 
>> regarding
>> Re: [csw-maintainers] Handling of devel package splits:
>>
>>> I would like to proceed on the splitting of devel packages as a package
>>> of mine is pending release whether the decision on this topic.
>>
>>> The current poll is
>>> - 5 maintainers for "split off devel"
>>> - 1 maintainer for "decide on case-by-case"
>>
>>> Does anyone feel that there is need for more discussion?
>>
>> Yes since you are missing options and no justification is offered.
> 
> And that missing options would be?
> 
> The justification is that it is a Good Thing not to have headers on
> a deployment machine and that it is confusing for users to sometimes
> have the devel-files inside the main package and sometimes not.
> 
>>> Has anyone (especially those who have voted) understood that the split
>>> will then be mandatory for package releases?
>>
>> No.  You have not made that clear.
>>
>> The poll lumps doc too but the thread subject says devel.
> 
> What does "lumps doc" mean?
> 
>> Your poll is void.
> 
> Ok then, do the maintainers who have already voted feel the same?

Being even more explicit in proposal might be good. In particular the 
point that James raised about developer vs user documentation would be 
good to specify.

Is the "doc" package user documentation? If so, should the development 
documentation go into the "devel" package?

It states a requirement for splitting up the package into "rt" and 
"devel" but where should the documentation go then?

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Trygve