Bug#432564: Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

* Ian Jackson (ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk) [070710 18:05]:
>   4.9 Main building script: debian/rules
> 
>   This file must be an executable makefile, and contains the
>   package-specific recipes for compiling the package and building
>   binary package(s) from the source.
> 
>   It must start with the line #!/usr/bin/make -f, so that it can be
>   invoked by saying its name rather than invoking make explicitly.

> There is no technical reason why this has to be a makefile.  I propose:

What is the use case of the change? I already see enough "bad code"
right now, and it would only get worse if people start to write their
make file in lets say ruby.


Cheers,
Andi
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