Bug#41232: Bug #41232: [AMENDMENT 1999-07-23] Build-time dependencies on binary packages
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 04:08:56PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Are you actually involved in any of our porting efforts?
No, as I don't have the required hardware.
> or at least check one of the mailing lists frequently, to learn what
> is involved.
I lurk on several Hurd lists, including debian-hurd.
> Don't forget that Debian is not Linux anymore
I'm not forgetting that. But there is another point of trying to
make sure Debian is as same as possible in its all incarnations, in
one release. Architecture-dependent build dependencies can lead into
forgetting that goal. (Could we agree on a phrase in policy in the style
of "don't use the architecture-dependent build dependencies unless you
really have to"?)
> Are you converted now? :)
Possibly. I see your point and I trust that you wouldn't put this much
effort to convince me if you didn't believe in what you're saying ;-)
--
%%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % gaia@iki.fi % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%%
"... memory leaks are quite acceptable in many applications ..."
(Bjarne Stroustrup, The Design and Evolution of C++, page 220)
Reply to: