Re: Build-depends => change policy wording

[Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:

> Given that there are now two sorts of depends, I am changing the
> paragraph:
> 
>    Packages may not depend on packages with lower priority values. If
>    this should happen, one of the priority values will have to be
>    adapted.
> 
> to read:
> 
>    Binary packages may not depend on binary packages with lower
>    priority values. If this should happen, one of the priority values
>    will have to be adapted.
> 
> This is consistent with the changed wording in the packaging manual
> introduced by the accepted proposal introducing build-time
> dependencies.
> 
> Are there any objections?

Why change?

Would it be OK for the source of mount to depend on ssh? (just a realy 
extreme example)

Source packages should also not depend on other packages with higher
priority, otherwise there could arise a situation where you can´t
build a package because you can´t build another.

Actually checking that all sources can be build is a fulltime
job. There may not be any loops in the dependencies of sources (except 
for essential and required).

May the Source be with you.
			Goswin