On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 02:57:41AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > Secondly, in the current system, if it "doesn't build", then the > maintainer would not be able to upload the package at all, because > their build of it would fail. Source-only uploads would _remove_ this > check, thereby making FTBFS issues more common. They certainly > wouldn't prevent any problems that currently happen. It does address one class of problem not addressed by the current system, namely, out-of-date libraries installed on a developer's machine. Whether this is more or less important than using binary uploads to make developers toe the line is a matter of opinion. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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