Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-06 Thread Calum McConnell
> > > I kinda like the idea of prefixing *all* temporary directory with > > > a '_' > > Completely reasonable and almost auto-explaining, I'd say. +1 for > > Michael's suggestion. > > What about placing temporaries below debian/build/? Anything where > names > aren't fixed in Policy, i.e. which

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-05 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, > > If you want to avoid name collisions, you could also use > > debian/_build > > I kinda like the idea of prefixing *all* temporary directory with a '_' > Completely reasonable and almost auto-explaining, I'd say. +1 for > Michael's suggestion. What about placing temporaries below

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-05 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Michael Biebl dijo [Mon, May 04, 2020 at 11:51:05AM +0200]: > >> Personally, I don't see any real benefit of standardizing on (making up an > >> example here) debian/.build over debian/build. > > > > Same here. The arguments against debian/build are very weak. If we care > > about a source

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-04 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 04.05.20 um 09:55 schrieb Raphael Hertzog: > On Sat, 02 May 2020, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> Personally, I don't see any real benefit of standardizing on (making up an >> example here) debian/.build over debian/build. > > Same here. The arguments against debian/build are very weak. If we care

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 02 May 2020, Scott Kitterman wrote: > Personally, I don't see any real benefit of standardizing on (making up an > example here) debian/.build over debian/build. Same here. The arguments against debian/build are very weak. If we care about a source package building a binary package named

Re: +1 (no hidden directory, please) Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-03 Thread Richard Laager
On 5/3/20 5:54 PM, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 10:56:32PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: >> Frankly, I don't see the point in hiding the directory. The only person >> who'd ever look into that directory would be someone inspecting what >> happened during a build process, and all

+1 (no hidden directory, please) Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 10:56:32PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > Frankly, I don't see the point in hiding the directory. The only person > who'd ever look into that directory would be someone inspecting what > happened during a build process, and all that hiding directories > achieves is adding

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-03 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 02.05.20 17:53, Andreas Metzler wrote: > I do think it is a splendid idea to separate generated stuff from > everything else, I think there is no real good reason for using a > hidden toplevel directory. Frankly, I don't see the point in hiding the directory. The only person who'd ever

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-02 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Saturday, May 2, 2020 11:53:26 AM EDT Andreas Metzler wrote: > In gmane.linux.debian.devel.general Niels Thykier wrote: > [...] > > > 3) We followed up with an [update to the proposal] were debhelper would > > > > optionally expose some of the relevant directories (some by default, > >

Re: [Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
In gmane.linux.debian.devel.general Niels Thykier wrote: [...] > 3) We followed up with an [update to the proposal] were debhelper would > optionally expose some of the relevant directories (some by default, > others on request) with symlinks while still supporting the new > layout.

[Summary]: RFC: Standardizing source package artifacts build paths

2020-05-02 Thread Niels Thykier
Guillem Jover: > Hi! > > We currently have many built artifacts being dropped directly under > debian/ or under tool specific directories such as debian/.debhelper/. > These have at least the following problems: > > - Make cleaning, an operation that requires executing code from the >