Re: Bug#604397: debian-policy: require build-arch and build-indep targets
"Bernhard R. Link" <brlink@debian.org> writes:
> * Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> [110604 05:27]:
>> If we're willing to flip the switch on the autobuilders and force
>> maintainers to deal with the breakage, we don't need a policy "should"
>> either... we can go straight to a policy "must" as soon as the switch
>> is flipped (and we should flip that switch *ASAP*, not let this
>> question drag on any further into the release cycle).
> Having seen this discussion now for almost a decade with people claiming
> smooth transitions coming really soon, I think this is the only way
> unless someone can actually show something for the buildds working now
> (and not in some months, because it has been months for years now).
Agreed. I really don't think it would be that big of a deal, particularly
right now early in the release cycle. We could pick some point where
there aren't a lot of ongoing transitions, give people a few weeks of
advance warning, and throw an NMU party, and we'd be done.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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