Re: deb-make is evil (was Re: a few ideas)
>>>>> "sv" == Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
sv> On 25 Mar 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>> We definately are not recommending deb-make for new maintainers.
>> Despite what Santiago may say, debstd/deb-make is definately
>> deprecated. Any manuals suggesting deb-make are buggy and should
>> be fixed or removed, IMHO.
sv> What may I say?
sv> Helper packages are optional, not mandatory.
sv> Any manuals suggesting *exclusively* the use of any helper package
sv> are buggy and should be removed.
Oh, I definately agree.
However, I would feel better about debstd if someone did a
comprehensive policy audit against the package. You've been very good
at fixing bugs but I suspect there are many more there.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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