Re: Bug#640874: leave: debian/rules is not a Makefile
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 04:16:32PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> At the conclusion of our standard voting period of one week, there were
> three votes of BAC and one vote of AB. (One additional vote of BAC came
> in after the voting period had ended.)
>
> As this is, depending on how one looks at it, a conflict between a
> maintainer and ftp-master policy or a maintainer and the current
> requirements of Debian Policy, I don't believe the 3:1 super-majority
> requirement applies here and the ballot should be decided by simple
> majority rule.
Both text clearly talk about policy, and not about overriding
ftp-master. Overriding ftp-master would be overriding a delegate
of the DPL, and I don't think you have that power to begin with.
B isn't overriding anything, so clearly doesn't need a 3:1
majority requirement, and can win with a simple majority.
Kurt
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