On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:52:47 +0100, Leon Timmermans wrote: > > - Ask upstream to add a distclean target? - I guess there are reasons > > why it's not there ... > > - Add the distclean target in a Debian patch? - Ugh ... > > - File a bug report against debhelper to s/distclean/realclean/? - > > Then we probably need arguments and some evidence that this doesn't > > break anything. Thanks for your detailed and very helpful reply, much appreciated! > As for option one, Module::Build::Tiny is committed to implementing the > full spec so if it would be added to the spec I'll add it to MBT without > further discussion. Without that I'd lean towards not doing so, as it does > complicate the code somewhat. Ok. > I really don't think option two is scalable when other building tools > arrive. I really don't think it's desirable anyway. Totally agreed, I just added it for completeness :) > I'm leaning towards the third option though: s/distclean/realclean/. Ok, that's what I expected and what makes sense also from my POV. Thanks for providing a clear rationale we can build on! > P.S. The --create_packlist ticket is also relevant for debhelper. Ah, thanks! Cheers, gregor (who won't be able to test a debhelper patch and file a bug report before Monday and hopes that someone else might have more time :)) -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `-
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