Bastian Blank writes ("Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#450638: Rebuild fails even if
only debian/changelog updated"):
> Build-dependencies are for building the package, not changing it. It is
> not really documented what is needed to change it.
I have to say that I find this quite a surprising response. The
purpose of being able to build the package is so that one can make
and use changes. That's the whole point of Free Software, surely ?
In any case, the package will not work if it needs to be bin-NMUd (ie,
rebuilt), because adding a changelog entry without making any changes
is exactly what the buildds do in that case.
I think the package should be buildable even after changes, and that
the Build-Depends should specify all of the necessary parts for that.
> debian/changelog is
> critical here as the version is used for the abiname.
I see. I don't have any objection to parsing the changelog and
generating control files or the like. I just think this
autogeneration ought to work and it seems to me that it doesn't,
currently.
> Anyway, if you want to do snapshots from unstable use
> svn://svn.debian.org/pkg-xen/trunk/xen-unstable, it is configured
> differently.
I'll take a look at that, thanks.
Ian.
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