Bug#17620: PROPOSED] Package build process must be non-interactive

[Martin Mitchell <martin@debian.org>]

Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:

> 1. Package build process must be non-interactive
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> 
>      This has been already presented to the list and had been accepted, but
>      Christian did not have time to actually edit the file. 
> 
>      Currently, the packaging manual only says that the `build' target of
>      debian/rules has to be non-interactive. Since an interactive
>      debian/rules script makes it impossible to autocompile that package
>      and also makes it hard for other people to reproduce the same binary
>      package, the packaging manual should be changed to require that all
>      _required targets_ have to be non-interactive. The required targets
>      are those called by _dpkg-buildpackage_, for one. (Additional
>      debian/rules targets may be interactive.) 
> 
>      I am now looking for seconds for this proposal.

I second this important proposal.

	Martin.