Re: Objection to change made in debian policy
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:48:41PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
>
> + <p>
> + This file must be an executable makefile, and contains the
> + package-specific recipes for compiling the package and
> + building binary package(s) out of the source.
> + </p>
>
> There never was a consensus that debian/rules has to be a makefile.
> This was discussed but the only consensus that was reached was that
> policy should dictate the interface to debian/rules.
>
> I suggest we either try to get a consensus on this, or downgrade the
> must to a recommendation.
You're being a bit forgetful these days, aren't you? :)
* #88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile
Package: debian-policy; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Josip Rodin
<joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>; 1 year and 96 days old.
* #88111: [PROPOSAL] Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile
Package: debian-policy; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Wichert
Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>; 1 year and 95 days old.
(And not using X-Debbugs-Cc! :p)
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