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Re: Limited security support for Go/Rust? Re ssh3



On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 04:44:14PM +0100, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian GNU|Linux) wrote:
> On 1/16/24 13:56, Jérémy Lal wrote:
> > > 
> > > As Built-Using is for license compliance only, no?
> > > 
> > > See
> > > 
> > > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#additional-source-packages-used-to-build-the-binary-built-using
> > 
> > Indeed, thanks for the link.
> > 
> 
> it seems that many people think that "Built-Using" can be used to express
> static linking (including yours truly, even though i *know* that it is meant
> for license compliance only).
> 
> which makes me wonder: probably we should have an additional field that
> expresses such static linking (and therefore would trigger a rebuild when
> the dependency changes).

There's been some effort to move to a Static-Built-Using field to
express that semantic, and leave Built-Using as its intended purpose
related to licensing.

Cheers,
-- 
James
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