Re: [Tracker] Patch for debian package build system

[Laurent Aguerreche <laurent aguerreche free fr>]

Le lundi 07 aoÃt 2006 Ã 11:54 -0500, Samuel Cormier-Iijima a Ãcrit :
> On 8/7/06, Laurent Aguerreche <laurent aguerreche free fr> wrote:
> > Le lundi 07 aoÃt 2006 Ã 11:35 -0500, Samuel Cormier-Iijima a Ãcrit :
> > > On 8/7/06, Laurent Aguerreche <laurent aguerreche free fr> wrote:
> > > > I propose a patch that makes the debian package build system builds two
> > > > debian packages:
> > > >
> > > > 1/ tracker: it contains what a typical user needs to play with tracker:
> > > > trackerd, tracker-search, libmetatracker, etc.
> > > > I made it not depend on mysql since a nested version will be provided.
> > > >
> > > > 2/ tracker-dev: it contains development files.
> > >
> > > Do we really need a 'dev' package for development? Since Tracker has a
> > > DBus interface that applications can connect to without having to link
> > > to libmetatracker, I don't think its completely necessary (correct me
> > > if I'm wrong, though :-)
> >
> > Perhaps another name could be found... It's just a way to not distribute
> > to simple users files like tracker.h and tracker-client.h that are not
> > useful for them. Distributions will do something like that.
> >
> > Something like libmetatracker-dev is better? But so it should be strange
> > to not have a libmetatracker package...
>
> Maybe 'tracker-tools' for tracker-search, tracker-query, etc.,
> 'libmetatracker' for the libs so that packages like Nautilus can
> depend just on that, and then 'libmetatracker-dev' for the headers?

I also thought about that but if I do a tracker package that only
contains trackerd and filters, trackerd won't be usable without
tracker-tools or Nautilus. Since tracker is targeted to be desktop
neutral, any user should be able to use tracker without any effort. Is
tracker-tools installation an "effort"? To compare, beagle package is
shipped with beagle-query (= tracker-search not tracker-query).

tracker-files, tracker-meta-folder, tracker-query, tracker-search,
tracker-stats and tracker-tag depend on libmetatracker, so tracker-tools
will have to depend on libmetatracker.

So, it begins to be complicated and we have:
* tracker, depends: .
* libmetatracker, depends: tracker.
* libmetatracker-dev, depends: libmetatracker.
* tracker-tools, depends: libmetatracker.

Is it correct? Jamie, what do you think about that?

> > > > Someday, manpage will have to be added... lintia proposes to do another
> > > > package for libmetatracker only. I think that provide a package for
> > > > normal use and another for development is enough. It lets the debian (or
> > > > alternative) mainteneurs to add raffinements.
> > > >
> > > > I also let someone to update the debian/changelog file!
> > >
> > > Good idea :-)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Samuel
> >
> > PS1: I cc to tracker-list gnome org 
> > PS2: You don't have to send me directly an email, I have subscribed to
> > this ML.  :-)
>
> Ahhhhh sorry, GMail is screwing me over again :-) My bad.

I have the same problem, I don't know who has subscribed to the ML! :-/



Laurent.

> Cheers,
> Samuel