Bug#87510: PROPOSAL] Make build dependencies a MUST
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:15:29PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:04:47PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:41:40AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> Oh, in addition, (as you can probably guess from the number of packages
> that don't have build-depends), the autobuilders are able to cope correctly
> with packages without build-depends.
>
> The only RC issue is when build-depends are present, but are incorrect.
I can't speak first hand, but only from some of the bug reports I've
received occasionally, and I think this makes the auto builder's job
just at least a bit easier (having buil-depends)
I think it should be MUST for sid (not woody).
Seconded.
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Brian Russo <brusso@phys.hawaii.edu>
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