also sprach Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de> [2004.10.26.1927 +0200]: > No, note the optional. Just think of some software with an > optional python extension. You can build it with some special make > flags, but the normal package doesn't include. As the maintainer > is a good guy, he provides the needed makefile stuff in > debian/rules and says to his users: If you need the python > extension, add optional-python-package to the binary-indep > dependencies. I would tell that maintainer to build that optional stuff into its own DEB file. I have never seen such practice before. Anyway, it could be overridden for such a special case. > > True. Well, still doable... > > Yes? Do it, please. I can't afford to dive into lintian right now. Weren't the regexp ideas enough? Sorry, -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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