Bug#843325: ITP: waf -- Tool for configuring, building, and installing projects
[Walter Landry, 2016-11-08]
> Doing a quick search
>
> curl -s https://codesearch.debian.net/results/22044ee2fe5c4350/packages.json | jq -r '.Packages[]' | wc -l
this result is no longer available
>
> shows 39 packages might also benefit from a central installation of
> waf.
IMHO there are 39 packages out there that should be patched to use
something else (or at least strongly suggest upstream to use something
else and watch waf changes very carefully in each new upstream release)
> Waf has had a somewhat contentious history in Debian. It was packaged
> and then removed upon request by upstream.
it's your time, but please feel warned
> I have had a conversation with upstream (Thomas Nagy). Nagy still
> opposes a generic 'waf' package, but is fine with giving it a specific
> version number (e.g. waf-1.9.5).
what's the benefit of having ~39 waf-version packages (with hostile
upstream) over 39 packages that bundle waf?
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