Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:02:56PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > Joy proposed to put such information in debian/control instead. > > The idea of a new file was to ease parsing, but since it is read by > dpkg-buildpackage it should be OK. This prevents people from using tricks like debian/control

Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:41:13AM -0600, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > > Yeah. If someone really thinks of changing the control file interface as > > well, where's the guarantee that debian/ will be in the same place, and > > that debian/interface won't stand out? I think that putting th

Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:25:37PM -0600, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > > Yeah. If someone really thinks of changing the control file interface as > > well, where's the guarantee that debian/ will be in the same place, and > > that debian/interface won't stand out? I think that putting th

Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:14:04PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Yeah. If someone really thinks of changing the control file interface as > well, where's the guarantee that debian/ will be in the same place, and that > debian/interface won't stand out? I think that putting this into the source > sect

Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:14:04PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Yeah. If someone really thinks of changing the control file interface as > well, where's the guarantee that debian/ will be in the same place, and that > debian/interface won't stand out? I think that putting this into the source > sect

Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:02:56PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > So, why not a mix of these two? why don't we attach the concept of > > > interface > > > to the entire source package? > > > > > > debian/interface could be a file in which we describe the interface > > > implemented by each co

Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]

2003-11-07 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 01:31:10PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:35:44PM -0600, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis > wrote: > > So, why not a mix of these two? why don't we attach the concept of interface > > to the entire source package? > > > > debian/interface could b