Re: Update-alternatives: priority? EGCS or GCC? New "Text Editors" section in info dir file?
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 lubaldo@adinet.com.uy wrote:
> Hello.
> First of all: no, I am not a Debian developer yet, but I will be one soon!
> I am packaging at this time 2 packages, the rhtvision library and the SET's
> Editor (and maybe in the future RHIDE).
> I saw a little about that discusions that maybe non Debian developers
> should not post to this list... where I should ask my questions then?
> Ok, forgive me for disturbing, I know that traffic is high in this list, I
> am on this list so I know how it is... but I have to ask! I have looked in
> the documentation and didn't found an answer!
It's fine, don't worry. Although, your questions would probably have been
better directed to debian-mentors.
>
> Ok, first question: the documentation on update-alternatives is lacking...
> I am not complaining but if someone with the required knowledge is
> searching for something to do, then this maybe is a good think to do, I
> don't know... Anyway, I don't know what priority to set to my package, it
> is a text editor. NVI has priority 100, FTE 90, I don't remember others...
> so what? In what I have to base that priority decision? I like a lot the
> package so I would put a 500 in it ;-))) but probably there are many others
> that prefer the other editors ;-). Maybe this is an issue for the policy?
> (I have version 2.5.0.0 and didn't found it, looked in other documentations
> and didn't found it neither)
I don't know :-( Probably, you're supposed to discuss it here!
>
> Second question now: what I am supposed to use to compile the library and
> the editor? EGCS 1.1 or GCC 2.7.2.3? Take in count that if I build the
> library with EGCS and try to compile a program with GCC 2.7.2.3 to use it,
> it doesn't work, and if I compile the library with GCC 2.7.2.3 and a
> program using it with EGCS 1.1 then it doesn't work neither! Both the
> library and the editor are in C++. So, what compiler should I use? Again,
> documentation doesn't say that...
That one's easy. We use egcs for C++.
>
> Third question (last question, don't worry): it is ok to create a new
> section called "Text Editors" in the info dir file? Has anyone created
> other similar section already (I don't have a full slink nor potato yet)?
Hmm.. I don't know if we have an info mini-policy - I suspect not.
Jules
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