Re: Changing of tasksel from arch all to arch any
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
> Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> Today while talking about the removal of laptop-detect from tasksel
>> depends list, specially for s390,
>
> Why is s390 so special, and why do the s390 porters get away with
> setting dependencies of important prority packages not-for-us, without
> talking to anyone? Those are the questions I'm left with.
Well, this I have no answer to.
>> vorlon noticed that we'd need to
>> change tasksel from arch all to arch any to make it possible.
>>
>> Obviously it adds some complexity since tasksel-data would need
>> to be build in all arches.
>
> We were very happy to make tasksel not achitecture dependent in 2004,
> because it made it simpler and faster to get new versions into testing.
> It would be a pity to lose that.
I agree. That why I proposed a solution that I think could have pros
and pros for both side. I see no cons.
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