> As previously discussed on -policy, I am announcing my intent to create
> a new metapackage called `build-essential'. Its primary function is
> to serve as the informal list of build-essential package referred to by
> the forthcoming policy edition. It fulfills this mission in two ways:
>
> * It will Depend: on all non-essential packages which are build-essential
> * It will install a file /usr/share/doc/build-essential/list, which
> contains the informational list of build-essential packages.
Given this, would people be agreeable to me modifying the text of
policy as follows:
<p>
It will not be necessary to explicitly specify build-time
relationships on a minimal set of packages that are always
needed to compile, link and put in a Debian package a
standard "Hello World!" program written in C or C++. The
required packages are called <em>build-essential</em>, and an
- informational list will be published separately from this
- document.
+ informational list can be found in
+ <tt>/usr/share/doc/build-essential/list</tt> (which is contained
+ in the <tt>build-essential</tt> package).
</p>
Julian
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Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg
