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Re: Do we want to Require or Recommend DH



On Tue, 2019-05-14 at 11:07 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 04:22:49PM +0200, Thibaut Paumard wrote:
> > > Why Not Make this Change
> > > ========================
> > 
> > I would use dh for any new package and converting trivial packages is...
> > trivial. However converting a package with a more convoluted rules files
> > will take humanpower. While it may be justified to convert a mildly
> > complex rules file on a package that has some activity, I don't think I
> > would invest those resources to convert a package that's been working
> > for years without anyone touching it's rules files.
> 
> Can you give an example for a package that has a non-dh rules file
> "working for years" that gives as a result a package with no lintian
> warnings without changing this d/rules file?

linux is one.

I did a lot of work to address lintian warnings last year, and most of
that did not involve debian/rules*.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere.


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