Re: The Helper Rant
FWIW, I agree with much of what you've said, except the title of your
rant (nothing that you are ranting about is specific to any particular
tool used in debian/rules), and this item:
> Those who dare to touch upstream sources without need, tend to fall
> deeper into that pit. As an example, when there's no install target in
> the original Makefile, they patch it. Even if it would be an `install
> -m 0755 foo debian/foo/usr/bin/bar' line in debian/rules' install
> target. No, they go and patch the Makefile instead, introducing a
> great deal of junk into the diff.
A "great deal of junk" that they can (and for all you know, already
have) trivially send upstream to make the package as a whole better.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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see shy jo
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