Re: Bug#27906: PROPOSED] Binary-only NMU's
- To: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.Arizona.EDU>, Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de, 27906@bugs.debian.org
- Cc: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Bug#27906: PROPOSED] Binary-only NMU's
- From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:05:54 +1000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19981018180554.A30925@yodeller.rising.com.au>
- Mail-followup-to: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.Arizona.EDU>, Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de, 27906@bugs.debian.org, debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.OSF.4.05.9810172048030.10479-100000@newton.physics.arizona.edu>; from John Lapeyre on Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 08:55:22PM -0700
- References: <[🔎] 199810161115.NAA10412@faui22c.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <[🔎] Pine.OSF.4.05.9810172048030.10479-100000@newton.physics.arizona.edu>
On Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 08:55:22PM -0700, John Lapeyre wrote:
> Sorry, I missed most of this. I get a lot of binary only NMU's
> from Paul and Roman with an accompanying diff that also goes in the BTS.
> I just want to register my vote for allowing this.
> It is an unstable distribution-- this is meant to be a temporary
> situation; putting the patch on the BTS I think easily qualifies as making
> the source available. Consider also, that even without the diff, a
> package is far easier to build than a typical DFSG compliant piece of
> software that I download from sunsite. DFSG does not say, 'must build
> with a single command on every platform' . Finally, it makes life much
> easier for both of the developers involved.
I also have received patches this way from Paul and have no objection
to this method.
Hamish
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