Bug#87510: PROPOSAL] Make build dependencies a MUST
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:14:47PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> I make this point from self-interest. I have a few packages like
> that, and I'd prefer not to get one misguided bugreport after
> another (not to mention Lintian warnings) about them not having
> Build-Depends.
>
> So please keep this in mind when formulating a new policy.
That's a very good point. I'm not even going to attempt to fit the
wording into the current version of policy. But what I propose is the
following:
When policy finally has all of the source dep stuff together, after
saying packages "MUST" specify any necessary source deps, there will
be a footnote along the lines of:
"Please do not submit bugs against packages without a Build-Depends
field unless you have confirmed that they actually require one. Not
all packages do, as has been explained."
Julian
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