Bug#693167: ITP: gmsl -- GNU Make Standard Library - utility functions for Gnu Make

[Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>]

> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:06:11 +0100
> martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote:
>
> also sprach Dima Kogan <dkogan@cds.caltech.edu> [2012.11.13.2251
> +0100]:
> > The GNU Make Standard Library (GMSL) is a collection of functions
> > implemented using native GNU Make functionality that provide list
> > and string manipulation, integer arithmetic, associative arrays,
> > stacks, and debugging facilities.
> 
> What makes these "Standard"?

I suppose these aren't "standard" because they aren't included with Make. GMSL
is the name given to this project by the upstream author because he feels that
these are the thing that SHOULD have been standard.

I agree that this name is inaccurate, but should we be editorializing on the
naming of upstream software? Standard or not, I find this library useful, and I
think it's worthy for inclusion into Debian.

Thoughts?