Johannes Schauer <jo...@debian.org> writes: > Instead, I'd like to make a case for inclusion of Build-Depends-Arch and > Build-Conflicts-Arch here:
> - the fields add symmetry to the existing Build-Depends-Indep and > Build-Conflicts-Indep fields > - the mapping of Build-*-Indep to the build-indep target makes one expect > there to also be a Build-*-Arch field > - this mapping also makes the proposed fields logical and well fitted without > surprised > - it will avoid installing useless dependencies for architecture dependent > builds > - it allows separation of build dependencies needed for build-indep and > build-arch builds from those that are needed for (for example) the clean > target > - it is already supported by much software in the archive, most > importantly it is supported by package builders and installability > testers > Please find attached a patch that documents Build-Depends-Arch and > Build-Conflicts-Arch. Thanks, seconded, and this has now been applied for the next upload. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
