Bug#640874: leave: debian/rules is not a Makefile
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Based on Ian's last response, I think the ballot has two options plus
> further discussion, since I'm quite sure that we're not going to outlaw
> dh:
>
> A. debian/rules is not required to be a makefile, only to implement the
> same interface as a debian/rules file implemented as a makefile
> (including handling of arguments and exit status). Debian Policy
> should be updated to change the requirement to a recommendation, and
> new versions of the leave package should be permitted to be uploaded to
> the archive without changing debian/rules to be a makefile.
>
> B. The Technical Committee affirms the Debian Policy requirement that
> debian/rules must be a makefile. All packages in the archive,
> including leave, are required to follow this requirement. This
> makefile may, as is common practice, delegate implementation of its
> targets to a script.
>
> C. Further discussion.
I vote BAC.
Don Armstrong
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