Bug#628515: recommending verbose build logs
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> For reference dpkg supports "DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=maintainer-build"
[...]
> I also think that it would be more convenient to have the buildd set the
> verbose mode and others to have the silent rules by default but I don't
> think this is going to take traction. We have quite a few bugreports from
> users doing rebuilds and it's best to get verbose build logs in those
> cases.
>
> That's why I suggest to aim directly for the opposite: verbose by default
> and silent with a switch that maintainers can add.
Makes sense to me, fwiw. Thanks for explaining.
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