On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 12:19:10PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > > Note that deb-make is deprecated. Have a look at the debhelper and
> > > > dh-make packages instead.
> > >
> > > Don't say that where Santiago can here you.. => He's rather defensive
> > > about his package. It's not been depreciated, just that many perfer
> > > debhelper.
> >
> > But that's what it says on http://www.debian.org/devel/
>
> I shall make the popcorn and get the sodas for when Santiago hears about
> this, it should be an interesting show to say the least. Would you like
> anything while I'm at the concession stand? =>
:-)
Ok, I have just read the web page. It says:
* Creating a Package using Debmake (hopefully this and the following
will be merged)
Note: use of debmake is deprecated. Use debhelper instead. Once
someone writes a debhelper tutorial, it will replace the debmake
info on this page.
Of course, I don't think this is 100% fair.
In the first place, I would consider fundamentally wrong any "new
maintainer's guide" or new maintainer's web page which tells *either* "use
debmake" or "use debhelper".
I hope noone will object if I ask the webmasters to replace that
by the following:
"Note: Many people seem to prefer debhelper over debmake. Once someone
writes a debhelper tutorial, it will replace the debmake info on this
page."
Thanks.
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