Hi

On 11 July 2012 16:48, Jeroen Demeyer <jdeme...@cage.ugent.be> wrote:

> On 2012-07-11 16:02, Julien Puydt wrote:
> > Well, apparently some longer explanations are needed.
> I understand all of this, but that wasn't my question.
>
> Let me try to phrase my question better:
>
> Currently, Jan Groenewald has a Debian Sage source package which is in
> reality a Sage binary with some Debian magic added to it.  That Debian
> magic allows Launchpad to extract the binary and repackage it such that
> end-users can install it.
>
> Now, why cannot Jan Groenewald replace the Sage binary in his source
> package by a Sage source in the source package and then trivially adjust
> the Debian magic to simply run "make" on Launchpad (not in the end-user
> install!).
>

Neither Launchpad nor Debian Magic allows one to trivially run "make"

Regards,
Jan


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