Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
sanvila@unex.es (Santiago Vila) wrote on 28.02.01 in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0102282301000.1871-100000@home.unex.es>:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> > > I would like to propose that the debian/rules file is allowed to be
> > > non-makefile. Any kind of a program that can do the required stuff can
> > > be a debian/rules file. We shouldn't prohibit it when someone e.g.
> > > writes a short shell script or another interpreted script, as long as it
> > > works.
> >
> > I am against this. Grab the shoop package for an example of what this
> > will lead to.
> >
> > Debian developers should be able to read and if need be NMU another
> > developers package. Allowing rules files to be arbitrary code makes
> > this harder.
>
> The same could be said about the program itself (not the packaging).
> Are you going to make policy that every program is written in C or perl?
>
> Where is the difference?
The difference is that we write the packaging, but we do not write the
program.
Seems fairly obvious to me.
MfG Kai
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