Bug#749647: Ping
Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> writes:
> On Nov 06, Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net> wrote:
>
>> The argument for guile in default 'make' is as before. And also the
> So I suppose that the arguments for not doing this are still valid as
> well.
I did not see a previous discussion of this, so I haven't seen any
arguments for not doing this. Did I miss the discussion? Manoj didn't
mention anything in his reply to this bug. I saw a discussion about
having separate guile-full and guile-less packages, but this bug report
it not proposing fighting that.
>> current situation is misleading to users. The main feature of make 4.0
>> is guile support. A user who wants this goes to 'apt-get install make',
>> sees 4.x being installed, and happily attempts to use this shiny new
>> guile support, only to discover that their Makefiles do not work as
>> expected.
> How many packages in Debian actually use guile makefiles?
I don't know if you're trolling, so I will bite. The answer: it doesn't
matter. Debian does not exist so that DDs can entertain themselves.
Debian exists to provide a nice system to Debian users, and the current
make naming scheme produces a sub-optimal experience for them.
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