Re: Bug#40706: usr/share/doc vs. /usr/doc
On 01-Aug-99, 16:31 (CDT), Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org> wrote:
> > 75%. http://kitenet.net/programs/debhelper/stats/
> > (A little out of date, hasn't been updated in a month, but it will soon..)
>
> It should be higher... the more packages uses debstd/debhelper, the less
> lines of code that need maintenaince...
Maybe, maybe not. Debhelper is great if the package fits into the GNU
mold. On others, it's not a lot of help. Given the times I have had to
go in and figure out what dh_<something> was doing, and either fix it or
adjust my thinking, the overall balance can shift against debhelper.
(I'm *not* slamming debhelper, it's a great tool and all of my packages
use it. But there are complicated or weird packages where it may not be
the best choice.)
Steve
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