Re: where to maintain DEP8^W autopkgtest spec now

2014-10-19 Thread Jakub Wilk
Here's my review of the proposed policy patch: * Stefano Zacchiroli , 2014-10-05, 23:52: Tests may not modify the source tree (and may not have write access to it). "may not" may be ambiguous; and in fact the second instance _is_ ambiguous. How about: Tests must not modify the source tree (

Re: Can debian/rules build target use precompiled object code in favor of building from source?

2014-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Russ Allbery: > build that uses the pre-made *.c file. Not ideal, and I'm in the camp of > wanting to regenerate all such files during the build, but historically > we've allowed such packages. > The problem is: we ship the source not just because the DFSG/Policy/ /whatever says we have to,