Quoting Guillem Jover (2019-05-28 12:46:34) > [dh] has proper documentation compared to cdbs which does not, which > I think is the main reason I always found cdbs unappealing as you > need to read its source code making its entire implementation its > interface. Another common technical¹ reason for disliking cdbs besides its lack of documentation is its exposing the make language where dh hides it. > This made me realize the same applies to dpkg's make fragments > (which tend to be used with dh too), so I'll be adding man pages for > those during 1.20.x. :) Nice to know that my total² lack of documenting cdbs has at least been helpful in improving _other_ documentation ;-) - Jonas ¹ A common _non-technical_ reason is that cdbs is less popular than dh and therefore a reason Debian has less contributors than if they were given less choice. ² All existing documentation predates my taking lead of cdbs in 2009. -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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