On Sun, 19 Sep 2010, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >CCing -devel and Joey Hess to have some input on this idea. Do you think > >it would be useful ? Do you have comments and suggestions ? > > I'm uncomfortable with the idea of (even more?) build-time package > settings being hidden away outside of debian/control. :-/
On the flip side, it means less possibilities of mistakes for debhelper users, a simpler learning curve to newbies who don't have to know about substvars right from the start, etc. But I can understand your feeling and we will probably need options to disable this behaviour in some cases. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer ◈ [Flattr=20693] Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
