Re: New perl packages uploaded to the SVN
Vincent Danjean dijo [Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 10:29:18AM +0100]:
> > I agree, a policy "forbidding" CDBS is not what I want; but stating
> > the current situation as a matter of fact -- that most members don't
> > like CDBS (for its black magic and lack of documentation) and that
> > the probability for sponsorship is lowder therefore -- seems ok to
> > me.
>
> Just for the record (as all people that talked here express concerns with
> cdbs): I like CDBS and I use it for most of my packages (except packages I
> created with dh-make-perl...)
> I agree with the lack of documentation but I welcome the fact that the
> packaging of lots of packages can be improved by modifying only one package
> (CDBS) without the need to edit all packages. For example, automake-ed
> packages automatically gain support for cross-compiling, management of
> noopt, nostrip ... options, ...
> I'm always a bit disapointed when I see all perl package with the same
> debian/rules file. Or, more exactly, debian/rules of a perl package can
> tell us the date of the packaging. They are so similar that a include of
> a common file that can be improved over time seems a better technical
> solution to me.
> Bt the way, I does not have enought free time to document CDBS or to work
> on the packaging of all perl packages, so let's continue with plain debhelpers
> debian/rules.
FWIW, I'm on the camp that prefers dh_* but does not really oppose
CDBS - I use CDBS for my Ruby modules (because it's the group policy,
go figure)... So, Vincent: Is there a good CDBS rules file that acts
quite like our standard behaviour? (or going a couple of steps
further: Like the four dh-make-perl variants? MakeMaker arch:all,
MakeMaker arch:any, Module::Build arch:all and Module::Build arch:any)
If so, well... We could properly study and document them... And see if
migration is possible/desirable :)
It would _clearly_ reduce duplication. But yes, it would increase
obscurity.
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