Hello, I ask the policy group to come to a decision about my amendment to change the architecture query possibilities in the package build process. I proposed the change two weeks ago, and the discussion period is now over. As there was no discussion in the last week, I think it is not needed to extend the discussion time.
Manoj, as I have not found information how to reach the policy group by other means than sending mail to debian-policy, I am CC you. I am sorry if sending mail to debian-policy is already enough. My initial proposal got two seconders, Jules Bean and Gordon Matzigkeit. A small change to the make variable name (TARGET->HOST) was seconded by both. A second change (using correct GNU nomenclature), was seconded by Santiago. Jules and Gordon did not object, I assume getting their official okay would only be a matter of letting them know if it is needed. Here is a context diff against my initial proposal. The current version of my proposal consists of my initial proposal and this patch. --- PROPOSAL.old Mon Feb 1 20:42:56 1999 +++ PROPOSAL Mon Feb 1 20:42:48 1999 @@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ + supported make variables: + + DEB_*_ARCH the Debian architecture -+ DEB_*_GNU_SYSTEM the GNU style architecture specification string -+ DEB_*_GNU_ARCH the CPU part of DEB_*_GNU_SYSTEM -+ DEB_*_GNU_OS the OS part of DEB_*_GNU_SYSTEM ++ DEB_*_GNU_TYPE the GNU style architecture specification string ++ DEB_*_GNU_CPU the CPU part of DEB_*_GNU_SYSTEM ++ DEB_*_GNU_SYSTEM the OS part of DEB_*_GNU_SYSTEM + + where *' is either BUILD for specification of the build machine or -+ TARGET for specification of the machine we build for. ++ HOST for specification of the machine we build for. + + Backward compatibility can be provided in the rules file by setting + the needed variables to suitable default values, please refer to the Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
