Re: packaging-dev meta package

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:05:42PM +0200, Benjamin Drung a écrit :
> 
> 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.

Hello Benjamin,

I think that it is a good idea, and would like to suggest to add debian-policy
to the contents of this metapackage.

Have a nice day,

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Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan