Le 19/04/12 16:20, Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 03:57:59PM +0200, Thibaut Paumard a écrit : >> >> I believe it is generally accepted that every file that can be >> (re)generated during the build process should be, for various reasons. > > Hi all, > > I think that there is a consensus that generated files must be regenerable, > and > that it is a bug if their build system is broken. The best way to ensure this > is to regenerate them at build time, however it is not a requirement. In > particular, I do not see advantages in distributing rebuilds that would for > instance only update time stamps. It is increasing debdiffs and heating the > planet for no benefit. > > Have a nice day, >
Hi, File timestamps won't show up in debdiff. At the very least, the maintainer should (IMNSHO) regenerate the files himself and check that they match what ends-up being distributed. And he should also document this process in debian/README.source. Honestly, I think it's simpler and less error-prone to just distribute the regenerated files. But as you said, it's not a policy requirement. Regards, Thibaut. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f9028f5.7090...@free.fr
