Hi, On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Alexander Wirt wrote: > Aren't the dpkg maintainers able to get such things fixed in advance of > uploading dpkg? I'm still missing an announcement (of course before the > upload) about that "feature". > I don't think that such an important package as dpkg should be handled > like this. [...] > Again I don't think that a package like dpkg should be handled like this.
If you want to teach us how to maintain dpkg, please join [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subscribe to the git commit notices (PTS with cvs keyword). It's very low traffic and you'll be able to comment while things are developed. Note: mistakes do happen and nobody is perfect. So next time you want to give some _advice_, make it sound like an advice and not like a complaint. > > Since dpkg 1.14.17, dpkg-buildpackage will define the environment > > variables CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS and FFLAGS. The goal is to > > be able to easily recompile packages with supplementary compilation flags > > and to simplify the debian/rules files since CFLAGS has the right default > > value (no need to special case for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=noopt). > At first I thought: WTF? Why are such important changes to the build > enviroment not announced and discussed before they are introduced? Would you like to check the bug log before saying such stuff? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=465282 points to http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/12/msg00090.html and I fail to see your comments in that thread. > Additionally it's really really bad timing. Which is why, while preparing the upload, we discussed it with the release team: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/03/msg00324.html Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
