Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 06:09:46PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > What are the real benefits from having build-arch and build-indep?
> > Are there really so many packages which would benefit from having them?
> >
> > (Remember "debug" in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS? It was removed because its low
> > ratio benefit/cost).
>
> It was made the default and replaced by a 'nostrip' option. It is
> completly different from removed.
That we introduced nostrip nearly at the same time we dropped debug
does not mean nostrip "replaces" debug. They have different meanings.
The fact is that before, we had an option to determine whether
or not -g had to be used, and now, we always compile using -g.
This decision was made after considering the real benefit of compiling
without -g (negligible according to people who did some tests).
I would call that a wise simplification.
For the same reason I would like to see the real benefits from
changing the format of debian/rules.
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