Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
Julian,
Remember that maintainer scripts aren't altogether uncommon, and writing
shell scripts isn't any harder (by some assessments, easier) than
Makefiles. For this reason, I would assume that most Debian developers are
equally well versed in shell scripts.
Regards,
Alex.
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 05:28:33PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> > Julian,
> >
> > Makefiles can be just as cryptic and difficult to maintain. For this
> > reason, I don't really agree that using arbitrary code in debian/rules
> > will make life any more difficult for anyone. It may make life easier,
> > though.
> >
> > An example posted to debian-devel illustrated a greatly simplified
> > debian/rules, by making it into a script. The point is that it can be
> > done, and that it can be useful.
>
> Absolutely, but another example showed that it could equally produce
> code which was really difficult for anyone not versed in shoop to
> read.
>
> We expect our package maintainers to be reasonably familiar with
> makefiles. debian/rules files are one of the few things around which
> are pretty standard in the project. Yes, in some cases shell scripts
> may be easier, but in general, I just grab a standard example rules
> file and edit it to my needs.
>
> I dunno. I'm still not convinced either way.
>
> Julian
>
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