Re: Bug#432564: Allow debian/rules to not be a makefile
Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org> writes:
> Otavio Salvador dijo [Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:53:56PM -0300]:
>> >> 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.
>>
>> While I agree with you that majority of people might do bad code I
>> also think that some very complicated packages (OO, X, Kernel and
>> like) can use it and make maintainers life easier.
>
> Maybe we should keep a recommendation for people to write makefiles,
> for ease of maintainability - but we should not keep it as a
> requeriment.
Yes, I agree on that :-)
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