Alexander Wirt <formo...@debian.org> writes:
> Jon Dowland schrieb am Montag, den 28. November 2011:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:54:57PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote:
>> > And I still like the "never touch a running system" approach. If dpatch
>> > works
>> > without problems, why deprecate it?
>>
>> One reason is that the surface area of Debian development tools is too large
>> and daunting for newcomers. When alternatives for a given tool exist which
>> are
>> relevant and known outside the Debian eco system and there might be some
>> practical use for learning those skills in other contexts, IMHO
>> Debian-specific
>> solutions should need a strong argument *for* to keep, rather than *against*
>> to
>> remove.
> imho it is that range of development tools that make us strong. I packaged
> for nearly every package system in the past and it is mainly the great eco
> system of debian specific tools that make debian just a joy to package.
>
> Alex
and then you need to fix a build failure somewhere deep down in cdbs. :)
MfG
Goswin
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