On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:41:40AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.5.2.0
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Policy should now require packages to specify build time dependencies
> (i.e., packages which require ... MUST specify...)
I object to this; in sid there are 4284 source packages, of which 2237 have
Build-Depends, meaning this would remove approximately 2047 packages from
Debian.
> Build time dependencies have been in policy for 18 months already.
The requirement that every binary have a manpage has been in policy
much longer than that, and it's not appropriate for that to be a RC
issue, either.
If you'd like to change this, please file wishlist bugs against packages
that don't have Build-Depends, with the correct Build-Depends: line. Once
we're at, say, 90% of packages (another 1618 packages away) supporting
Build-Depends, then it'd be a good idea to revisit this, but until then,
and especially when we're trying to release, this is a very bad idea.
Cheers,
aj
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