Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
srivasta@debian.org (Manoj Srivastava) wrote on 01.03.01 in <[🔎] 87d7c2f11g.fsf@glaurung.green-gryphon.com>:
> >>"Alex" == Alexander Hvostov <vulture@aoi.dyndns.org> writes:
>
> Alex> It can be done the easy way, or the hard way. What you described is
> the Alex> hard way. Why can't it be done the easy way?
>
> If people really think that calling scripts from Makefiles is
> hard, should they really be maintaining Debian packages?
No.
Or maybe make that "Hell, NO!".
> So far, the arguments I have heard for removing this
> restrictions have been
> a) This new mechanism is so cool
> b) Makefiles can be really hard to write!!
> c) Why not?
>
> I guess my objection to this reduction of standardization is
> that there should be some inertia in policy, and that we need to see
> some stronger technical reasons to break the following practices:
>
> i) make -n -p -f ./debian/rules
> ii) in ./makefile: include ./debian/rules
> change targets and or rules, and spit out some things set in
> ./debian/rules (I actually did this for debugging a rules file)
>
> Yes, pretty arcane; but I contend that this argument is no
> weaker than any I have seen in support of this proposal.
Exactly what I think.
> change for the sake of change is not a good idea for policies in general
!!!
MfG Kai
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