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Re: draft ballot: please rule on how to implement debian/rules build-arch



Raphael Hertzog writes ("Re: draft ballot: please rule on how to implement debian/rules build-arch"):
> A squeeze system with a backported dpkg without auto-detection will fail
> to build many squeeze packages even if we manage to fix them all in sid.
> That would be a sad state that would require me to drop that feature in my
> backported dpkg.

The purpose of backports is to improve, not reduce, compatibility.  I
think that this feature, however it is implemented, should not be
included in any backport.

Ian.


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