Debugging symbols for KDE PPA packages

[Scott Kitterman]

Philip Muskovac <yofel at gmx.net> wrote:

>While we packaged the git splitup in KDE, we decided that providing
>-dbg 
>packages for a few packages wouldn't be worth it. Now, while that
>(probably) 
>makes sense for stable releases, I don't believe it makes any sense for
>BETA 
>packages. And I have at least [1] open bug report about missing
>debugging 
>symbols in the PPA's. So if we want to provide 4.9 packages in the beta
>ppa 
>for precise, we need a solution.
>
>This is what I believe we could do:
>A)     Force generation of -dbgsym packages by patching
>pkg-create-dbgsym
>	 and pkgbinarymangler. I haven't quite figured that out yet though.
>
>B)	Just add the missing -dbg packages.
>
>My problem with A is that it requires additional PPA space, even if we
>improve 
>the compression because many packages would have their debugging
>symbols 
>twice.
>B is more work, and would cause a larger diff for all affected
>packages.
>
>Does someone else have another idea how this could be done? Otherwise
>we could 
>have a vote what to use in the end. (BEFORE we backport 4.8.80 to
>precise if 
>possible)
>
>Philip
>
>[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/+bug/935905

Debian will eventually have to add the dbg packages, even if we don't, so it's not wasted work. I'd suggest B on that basis since it's more broadly useful. I don't think getting more PPA space will be a problem.

Scott K