On Fr, 2006-08-18 at 18:11 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Hi, > > currently lintian throws an error about the clilibs control file. This > > control file is used in almost all CLI packages and has exactly the same > > purpose as the shlibs control file but for CLI libraries. > > > > Please add this to the list of known control files. > > Did this replace netlibs, or is netlibs still also of interest? I seem to > recall that CLI and .NET are two different ways of talking about the same > general set of technology. Yes, it replaces netlibs. netlibs is not used by any current package anymore and clilibs was chosen because it describes the technology used better. > There was a previous bug filed about netlibs (Bug#255090) was that this > should get into Policy first and then into lintian. I'm not sure if we > need to be that strict, but I do want to see a real policy and > specification. > > This: > > > For more information on that file look here[1]. > > > > Bye > > > > [1]:http://pkg-mono.alioth.debian.org/cli-policy/ch-packaging.html#s-clilibs-control-file > > is a good start, but contains little of use in actually verifying the > contents of the control file. At least a syntax specification would seem > to be in order here. Ok, I'll add it there next week. So let's leave this bug open until the cli policy became part of the policy, ok? :) > Is the intention for cli-policy to eventually become a subpolicy of the > main Debian Policy manual? Yes, that's the plan. Bye
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