Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:02:56PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > > So, why not a mix of these two? why don't we attach the concept of interface
> > > to the entire source package?
> > >
> > > debian/interface could be a file in which we describe the interface
> > > implemented by each component (object) of the source package.
> > >
> > > $ cat debian/interface
> > > rules: <rules-interface1>, <rules-interface2>, ...
> > > control: <control-interface1>, <control-interface1>, ...
> >
> > I don't have a problem with this at all.
>
> Joy proposed to put such information in debian/control instead.
>
> The idea of a new file was to ease parsing, but since it is read by
> dpkg-buildpackage it should be OK.
Yeah. If someone really thinks of changing the control file interface as
well, where's the guarantee that debian/ will be in the same place, and that
debian/interface won't stand out? I think that putting this into the source
section of debian/control is quite appropriate.
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