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Re: packaging-dev meta package



On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A few days ago, we had a discussion in Ubuntu about a packaging-dev meta
> package. The problem is that users have to install a bunch of packages
> if they want to dive into packaging. Even some packagers get annoyed
> when they need to turn a newly installed system into a packaging
> environment. The solution would be a meta package that depends on the
> commonly used packages for packaging.

Isn't apt-get build-dep enough? Users can always use equivs for
something more specific.

Regards,


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