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Re: Bug#464392: ITP: libdebian-package-make-perl -- Perl extension for autobuilding Debian packages



On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 06:11:38PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > dpkg: package maintenance system for Debian
> > dpkg-dev: package building tools for Debian
> > apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg
> >      This is Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package
> >      manager. [...]
> > devscripts: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer
> >             easier
> > dh-make: tool that converts source archives into Debian package source
> > dh-make-perl: Create Debian packages from perl modules

> Well, them doing this does not necessarily mean they are right.

.debs are commonly referred to as "Debian packages" or "the Debian package
format".  If that's to be deprecated, it should be done by consensus, not by
one-off critiquing of package descriptions.

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