On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:45:33AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
> >> *Sigh*. Let me see if I can dot the i's and cross the t's. A
> >> package should be buildable using the bits mentioned in policy. Any
> >> package may, however, choose to add any extra bits added by dpkg,
> >> (perhaps buigld depending on a new dpjg version if the change is not
> >> compatible with older versions).
> Anthony> This, uh, doesn't make sense.
> Really?
Yes, really.
> Anthony> "A package should be buildable using nothing more than
> Anthony> [foo]. Unless it chooses not to be."
> Anthony> ...seems to be what you just said.
> Umm. I fail to see how else I can define sufficient, and
> optional, new, added features. Policy defines the minimal,
> sufficient interface.
Sufficient for what? Certainly not sufficient to build all Debian
packages, since they can use the "optional, new, added features" that
aren't included.
Cheers,
aj
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