> > > I kinda like the idea of prefixing *all* temporary directory with > > > a '_' > > Completely reasonable and almost auto-explaining, I'd say. +1 for > > Michael's suggestion. > > What about placing temporaries below debian/build/? Anything where > names > aren't fixed in Policy, i.e. which could be renamed with an > underscore at > the beginning, could also be moved.
I agree with the idea of prefixing build and other temporary directories with an underscore, but I don't think we should move all files that aren't explicitly defined in policy to be under debian/build. For instance, the git-buildpackage configurations aren't fixed in policy, but they definitely shouldn't go in a build directory. Additionally, I think it is sometimes useful to have multiple temporary directories. Some teams might use a cache folder: and if all temporaries had to be under debian/build/, then they'd likely need to put their caches there, moving their actual build folder to debian/build/build/. Which is all well and good, but then you get packages who create a debian/build/ folder containing just one subfolder named build/, and so on and so forth. The point is that I think there is a real benefit to saying "Okay, put all your temporary directories under the debian/ folder, and prefix their names with an underscore". Clean operations are still simple: but teams have flexibility in how they run their builds.
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