On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 04:44:14PM +0100, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian GNU|Linux) wrote: > On 1/16/24 13:56, Jérémy Lal wrote: > > > > > > As Built-Using is for license compliance only, no? > > > > > > See > > > > > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#additional-source-packages-used-to-build-the-binary-built-using > > > > Indeed, thanks for the link. > > > > it seems that many people think that "Built-Using" can be used to express > static linking (including yours truly, even though i *know* that it is meant > for license compliance only). > > which makes me wonder: probably we should have an additional field that > expresses such static linking (and therefore would trigger a rebuild when > the dependency changes).
There's been some effort to move to a Static-Built-Using field to express that semantic, and leave Built-Using as its intended purpose related to licensing. Cheers, -- James GPG Key: 4096R/91BF BF4D 6956 BD5D F7B7 2D23 DFE6 91AE 331B A3DB
