On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 04:27:47PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> Julian,
>
> It can be done the easy way, or the hard way. What you described is the
> hard way. Why can't it be done the easy way?
In general, given the number of example rules files available for
making a package correctly, surely trying to come up with a script
that gets it right which is not a makefile is the hard way? I would
presume that if an upstream package comes with a build script, it can
just be called from the makefile, and if it's a Debian native package,
why wouldn't someone use a makefile?
So here's the crux of the matter: is this a theoretical question or is
there actually a package in existence with this alternative script?
I certainly think policy should be no less giving than a
SHOULD/RECOMMEND on this matter, but if there's a really good reason
for some package to use some other mechanism, then should we forbid
it? It would make NMU's potentially much harder, and I pity the
package's future maintainer, should there be one.
Julian
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