Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details

To: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>, 88111@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:38:41 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20010302143841.F15304@cistron.nl>
Reply-to: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>, 88111@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20010302233316.B17046@azure.humbug.org.au>; from aj@azure.humbug.org.au on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 11:33:16PM +1000
References: <[🔎] 20010301105447.F16356@polya> <[🔎] 20010301224419.B24021@azure.humbug.org.au> <[🔎] 20010301141204.A19713@cistron.nl> <[🔎] 20010301232224.D24021@azure.humbug.org.au> <[🔎] 20010301152221.B26147@cistron.nl> <[🔎] 20010301155542.B3877@polya> <[🔎] 20010301174328.C8087@cistron.nl> <[🔎] 20010302095940.E1018@polya> <[🔎] 20010302114849.C9403@cistron.nl> <[🔎] 20010302233316.B17046@azure.humbug.org.au>

Previously Anthony Towns wrote:
> But, uh, isn't that what you're doing? debian/rules has been a makefile
> forever, allowing it to be anything else doesn't buy anything practical,

It buys us freedom and room to experiment and innovate.

Wichert.


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References:
- Bug#87510: PROPOSAL] Make build dependencies a MUST
  - From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
- Bug#87510: PROPOSAL] Make build dependencies a MUST
  - From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
- Bug#87510: PROPOSAL] Make build dependencies a MUST
  - From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>
- Bug#87510: PROPOSAL] Make build dependencies a MUST
  - From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
- Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
  - From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>
- Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
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- Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
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- Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
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