Re: Bug#94827: tktable; Build-Depends: debhelper
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> That's not the real reason. Take the definition of build-essential
> packages from policy. It specifies that the list will not cantain any
> packages that are optional in building a package that contains a C or
> C++ program. It should be clear to everybody that debhelper is not
> required (there are developers who don't use debhelper - consider in
> contrast dpkg-dev, which everybody needs) and thus not essential.
Now you're tempting me to go make a package that builds without using
those nasty "helper" programs dpkg-deb, dpkg-gencontrol, and
dpkg-shlibdeps.. :-P
--
see shy jo
Reply to: