Bug#188049: ITP: build-common -- common build system for Debian packages

[James Troup <james@nocrew.org>]

Colin Walters <walters@debian.org> writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-04-07
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : build-common
>   Version         : 0.1
>   Upstream Author : Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
> * URL             : 
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : common build system for Debian packages
>
>  This package contains the Common Debian Build System, an abstract
>  build system based on Makefile inheritance which is completely
>  extensible and overridable.  In other words, CDBS provides a sane set
>  of default rules upon which packages can build; any or all rules may
>  be overridden as needed.
>  
> So, CBS was an experiment, and I learned a lot from it.  build-common is
> a lot better.  It even uses itself to build itself :)  Once it's in the
> archive I'll write up something about it here.

Err, can we have something a little less namespace polluting than
"build-common"?  Even "debian-build-common" is pushing it given how
it's rather uncommon and (if it's even as successful as DBS, dpatch
and cbs combined) likely to remain so for the forseeable future.

-- 
James