On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 10:56:45PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> in C or C++. The required packages are called _build-essential_, and an
> informational list will be published separately from this document.
>
> I don't see that list.
I've been thinking about publishing this list as a task metapackage called
task-build-essential or something. It would have several advantages:
* anybody who wishes to build a package needs only install this
package and whatever the package specifies
* all build-time dependency implementations get to use the
*same* list very easily
* we get the handling of several versions of the list (one
for stable, one for unstable) for free from the usual release process
* it will be easy to report bugs in the list: just bug the
metapackage
What do people think?
I am volunteering to maintain this package unless somebody else wants
it badly.
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