On 17507 March 1977, Niels Thykier wrote:
Given recent changes to `debhelper` and `debputy`, it might be doable to have our build toolds set the `Commands` header in the `.deb` (based on a substvar). Both stacks have some support for declarative alternatives and can add those automatically.
The "downside" to this approach is that the field will "build up" over time. Notably, for the `debhelper` stack, it will depend on compat 14 (due to a dependency in the code).
I don't think its a big downside.
Anyhow, let me know if this approach might be interesting as an alternative to the original proposal (which does not seem to have gotten any traction).
I'm in for the commands field. -- bye, Joerg
