2014-10-25 5:04 GMT+03:00 Dimitri John Ledkov <[email protected]>: > On 24 October 2014 15:23, Matthias Klose <[email protected]> wrote: >> Control: tags -1 + wontfix moreinfo >> >> Am 21.09.2014 um 16:27 schrieb Martin-Éric Racine: >>> Package: build-essential >>> Version: 11.7 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> Given how 'make' has priority Optional, while 'make-guile' is Standard, >>> build-essential's Depends should probably be updated to match. >> >> I don't think that the guile interpreter in make is essential. I may have >> missed >> some discussion, but afaics it is not needed by default, so packages should >> declare an explicit build dependency on make-guile, if they need it. >> > > I believe this is the correct consensus that DDs have reached when > make-guile package was introduced. > (explicit build dependency is required to use make-guile features)
This begs the question as to why make-guile has priority Standard, then. Martin-Éric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/debian-bugs-dist

