On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 08:34:54PM +0200, Petr Pudlak wrote: > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 03:11:22PM +0200, Filippo Rusconi wrote: > > > > It is a pity to have a Debian Policy so well documented, to point > > package-making learners to that Policy and then have non-conformant > > builders. > > > > In fact, I'd ask what would be the solution to overcome the problem > > (apart from the desirable fixing the builders)? > > Hi, I'm glad I (finally) got some response to the problem! > > I've had precisely the same problem as Filippo: I prepared my first package, I > spent many hours studying the Policy to follow it precisely, and to my > disappointment, I got a FTBFS bug report immediately after uploading the > package.
I suspected I was not alone in this situation :)
> I don't think the problem is so much in the Policy, I think the problem is
> with
> the builders. The builders must provide dependencies according to
> debian/control and the target(s) they're calling. Of course, improving the
> Policy is OK, but once the guidelines are agreed upon and written there, the
> builders must follow it.
I agree with this, also because what is stated in Policy is just plain
sensible.
> Not the other way around. I'm quite surprised that
> these problems with the builders haven't been solved already, considering the
> number of packages in Debian!
Well, maybe there are not so many packages that perform as a clear cut
separation between build-indep and build-arch...
> I suggest to create a dummy package that would be as simple as possible and
> that would demonstrate the problem. Then test it with various building tools
> and
> fill eventual bug reports. Maybe I could prepare such dummy package in the
> following days, if I have time.
If this would convince the developers responsible for the builders to
deal with the problem, then that would be awsome. Any such DD
listening ?
Best regards,
Filippo
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