On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 02:15:37 -0700, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote: > If this were to be put to a vote today, I would propose the following ballot > options: > > 1) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' in place of > 'debian/rules build' by checking for the presence of the target using > 'make -qn'.[1] > > 2) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' with a fallback > to 'debian/rules build' by checking whether the output of the build-arch > target matches that of a dummy target.[2] > > 3) Implement support for calling 'debian/rules build-arch' in place of > 'debian/rules build' if a Build-Options field is set in debian/control > of the source package specifying that this target is supported.[3] > > 4) Turn on direct use of 'debian/rules build-arch' on the autobuilders for > all packages in unstable and experimental immediately, with no fallback > if the target does not exist; requires a corresponding update to Policy > and mass updates to fix packages that fail to build as a result. > > 5) Further Discussion Steve and I discussed this on IRC for a while in advance of his posting the email here, and I'm supportive of the TC voting on this to help establish the plan for our next stable release. FWIW, if voting today I'd vote 12453. Bdale
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