Bug#87828: PROPOSAL] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax

To: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>, 87828@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#87828: PROPOSAL] Deprecate confusing Build-Depends arch syntax
From: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:13:38 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20010228211337.E14171@gaia.iki.fi>
Reply-to: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi>, 87828@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20010226234331.A18711@polya>; from J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:43:31PM +0000
References: <[🔎] 20010226234331.A18711@polya>

On 20010226T234331+0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> This allows things like [!i386 m68k], which is equivalent to [!i386]
> but is just plain confusing.  So I'd like to deprecate this and allow
> only [arch1 arch2 arch3 ...] or [!arch1 !arch2 !arch3 ...].  The
> wording will become:

Seconded.

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