Re: Possible framework for `debmake replacement'
On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Fabrizio Polacco wrote:
>I think we need to change the nature of the debian/rules file from
>edited to generated (and so it should be better to change its name,
>so we could handle both ways to build packages without shooting
>anyone's foot).
Current debmake:
The debian/rules file is already generated by the "deb-make" script.
compression and other things that might change are done by a script
invoked by debian/rules. The rules file generation could be made much more
sophisticated.
>Then could be useful a dpkg-lint checker which can discover "unusual"
>things and warn the maintainer and/or inform the QA testers about
>things done differently as the current policy. It could be *really*
>useful to test packages when policy changes: it could suggest changes
>to be done in the package description file(s) to accomplish policy.
Current debmake:
debmake contains a program deblint doing just that. It might need some
more tests and some other improvements thought.
>The maintainer should _always_ have the last word, which should be
>explained somewhere in a debian/ file like readme.debian or so.
Definitely.
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