Bug#218893: Proposal: debian/rules.version file [Fix for the build-arch problem]
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:42:46PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > 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.
>
> This prevents people from using tricks like debian/control.in.
Once again, it doesn't, because this would be in the source section, not the
binary section(s). The source section is inherently immutable, or at least I
don't see how anyone would expect it not to be and at the same time expect
other things like debian/control or debian/ existing.
> Also, having to parse debian/control to determine what format
> debian/control might be in is a bad idea.
The idea of having a generic interface file, while worth contemplating,
is going one layer too high in generalizing WRT the problem at hand.
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