[Fedora-packaging] Importance of debuginfo packages
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Aug 21 14:53:21 UTC 2006
Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> So, how important is it to have a proper
> debuginfo package? How much hacking is permissible or necessary in
> order to achieve that goal?
I think these are questions best answered by the maintainer/reviewer
(and possibly upstream). The easy answers are:
tiny hacks -> do it
many hacks/patches -> probably not worth it
It's defining the line between the two that's tricky.
> Is an incomplete debuginfo package (that
> contains, say, the striped debug information but is missing some or
> all of the source code) still useful, or would it be better to have
> none at all?
Something is certainly better than nothing.
-- Rex
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