On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 02:08:28PM -0300, Andre Luis Lopes wrote: > > [ I didn't told you the last time, but please don't CC: me on replies as > I'm already subscribed to -devl ] You may want to fix your mail headers, then: > Mail-Followup-To: Andre Luis Lopes <andrelop@ig.com.br>, > debian-devel@lists.debian.org > On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 10:31:15AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Use of po-debconf does not require a dependency, only a build-dependency; > > the binary packages contain merged templates files as before, and these > > files require only a current version of debconf to be used correctly. > Sorry. I should have said build-dependency instead of dependency. Anyway, > po-debconf must be installed at the build machine under which the > backporter is doing the package build. Is it okay for a backported package > to be built in unstable when it will actually be used under stable ? By definition, a backport needs to be built against the libraries of the target platform -- that means building on stable. Personally, if we're just talking about backports (i.e., no new development), I don't see any reason why someone couldn't merge the templates once and for all while preparing the backport. This part could be done using tools on unstable, even though the build itself has to be done on stable. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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