[PPL-devel] Re: RFC: packaging the PPL for RedHat and Debian

[Matthew Mundell]

Roberto Bagnara <bagnara at cs.unipr.it> writes:

> Michael Tautschnig wrote:
>>> So Matthew, what do we miss to make this Debian packaging system
>>> happy?
>> Well, my name is not Matthew - but I suggest
>> - debian/docs should probably contain BUGS README TODO and CREDITS
>
> TODO is for internal use only.

Many packages include TODO lists.  They are nice for gauging the state
and plans of a project.

> In contrast, you are not mentioning
>
> ChangeLog
> NEWS
> README.configure
> doc/README.doc

ChangeLog and NEWS should be included, the other two are only relevant
for building.

> Is the omission intended?  In other words, what is the exact semantics
> of the `debian/docs' file?
>
>> - debian/rules is still missing
>
> I am sure one does not start from scratch writing one.
> Does Debian provide a standard starting point?
> I mean: we have a "configure, make, make install"
> build system afterall.

It can be generated with dh_make, at which I'm having a go.  Any
advice welcome.