Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Additionally, I'd like to Debianize the directory names (i.e. / usr/lib/puredata)
What's un-Debian about /usr/lib/pd?
the package name is not "pd".
the package name used to be "pd"
alternatively, the package name could be changed, if there is no nameclash.
it was changed to "puredata", which seems to be meant as the specific name (e.g. pd-vanilla). i think the idea is, that several packages (puredata, PdX), can be installed either side-by-side or exclusively, and packages depending on "pd" (which the various flavours "provide") will still have their dependencies fullfilled.
however, i don't see a really compelling reason why things should be moved from /usr/lib/pd to /usr/lib/puredata. it might be sufficient to symlink from /u/l/puredata to /u/l/pd for now. or the other way round.
/usr/lib/pd should be kept.
ah, and there is a tool to test for compliance with debian rules: lintian you can make it very picky (telling it to show not only errors and ordinary warnings, but also "pedantic" warnings and "experimental" inconsistencies). the puredata package i posted on mentors (still pending a mentor though), is lintian clean in this regard, even though it installs into /u/l/pd
i wouldn't change anything without a compelling reason.
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