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Re: [RFS] qterm: BBS client for X Window System written in Qt



On 9/13/05, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:27:22PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote:
> 
> > > * debian/rules:
> > >   DEB_AUTO_UPDATE_DEBIAN_CONTROL := yes
> > >   This sucks, the generated control file is ugly as hell (it does
> > >   build-depend on build-essential, etc.). Please fix that.
> > I don't agree, at least it works.
> 
> No, it doesn't.  Packages have ended up with RC bugs before as a result
> of cdbs changing the build-dependencies of the package in one of the
> standard debian/rules targets, and I strongly discourage maintainers
> from using this misfeature of cdbs.
> 
> And build-depending on build-essential is certainly wrong.
> 

OK, I agree with you, and I have upload it to mentors[1]

[1] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/q/qterm/


-- 
LI Daobing



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