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Re: ungrade pandoc



Quoting Gianfranco Costamagna (2017-07-18 19:06:41)
> 
> 
> Hello,
> >I guess "dht build-all" downloads sources not yet in debian and 
> >builds all build-dependencies as unofficial packages locally.  No, I 
> >find that to be cheating: I will upload source-only package when I 
> >have succesfully built in a purely Debian unstable envirenment.
> >
> >Also, I find it to be too heavy a task with no real gain except 
> >timing: all build-dependencies need to be ready officially in any 
> >case.
> 
> 
> this might slow down the transition if we wait every single packager 
> waiting for the chain being ok, blocks debian derivatives for some 
> bits, and might not be the best thing for release team.

Seems you agree with me that only real gain is timing.

If your point(s) was/were _other_ benefits than timing then please 
elaborate (because then I missed them).

 - Jonas

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