Re: Bug#737634: dpkg-dev: please reject native/non-native version when building native/non-native source packages
Sigh.
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 12:59:23PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
> Using packages to support upstream development is a common problem and
> this is exactly where things get awkward.
No, it is not a *problem*; it is a *method* of doing things.
It is not your place (nor mine) to question another person's methods of
doing things; especially not if said methods are done outside of Debian,
as is here the case.
Enforcing Debian Policy in the tools (i.e., not allowing to do things
contrary to debian policy, even if that's wanted) is a *bad* idea, in
all cases.
[...]
> > Also, using git-buildpackage is difficult.
> > The build is done by sbuild, which does not call git-buildpackage.
>
> Not true. There are options to use debuild or pdebuild or
> dpkg-buildpackage in-place.
>
> e.g. I use:
>
> [DEFAULT]
> #builder = git-pbuilder
> builder = debuild
> cleaner = fakeroot debian/rules clean
> pristine-tar = True
>
> [git-buildpackage]
> export-dir = ../build-area/
> tarball-dir = ../tarballs/
Even if so, this increases the complexity of the system, and requires
people to learn yet another tool to Just Do what was previously possible
with no extra fluff.
It's okay for a tool (like dpkg) to warn if something doesn't look
right. It's not okay for a tool (like dpkg) to pretend to be smarter
than the person operating said tool.
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If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you
will not go to space today.
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