This one time, at band camp, Thomas Bushnell BSG said: > Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes: > > > Sbuild explicitely, by design, only looks at build-depends. So in order > > for build-depends to be useful at this time if you want a package to > > build, you need to list mostly everything in build-depends right now > > anyway. > > Isn't it sbuild's job to comply with policy, not the other way round? Isn't it policy's job to reflect best current practice, not dictate it? This line of argumentation gets a bit silly and circular rather quickly. It might be more helpful to know why sbuild explicitly does it this way, see if a change is feasible, and then work towards making it policy, rather than using policy as a stick. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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