Bug#88111: policy should not dictate implementation details
Previously Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> That is false. Currently policy defines the interface of a debian/rules
> and even some of its behaviour by saying that it is a Makefile.
Right, and my argument is that that is wrong. If debian/rules is a
makefile or not is an implementation detail and should not be specified
in policy. Policy should specify the interface to it.
Please note we had this same discussion about a year ago and agreed
that policy should indeed not sp cify that debian/rules is a makefile
(which it did not back then). Feel free to browse through the
mailinglist archives.
> If we decide to remove that requirement, we will need to specify its
> interface and behaviour another way.
Indeed, see my patch in another mail.
Wichert.
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