reassign 640874 tech-ctte
thanks
On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 08:21:32AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
> Package: leave
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 4.9 - must directive
> User: lint-ma...@debian.org
> Usertags: debian-rules-not-a-makefile debian-rules-missing-required-target
> debian-rules-missing-recommended-target
The policy wording was hardcoded like that basically because Manoj is overly
attached to make, we had long and unfruitful discussions about it (I forget
the bug number, search the archives), and no actual practical reason to
change this has ever been demonstrated.
Well, there's one - I can't upload a new version because Joerg decided some
time ago to be similarly anal, too.
It's all a big, silly exercise in stubbornness. It must be a makefile!
It doesn't matter if there's no practical purpose to it, it still must be!
It *must*!
It's the kind of stuff that makes me quite disillusioned with Debian...
Yes, you can say that silliness has infected me, too.
But if I've maintained this precedent this long, there's no point in giving
it up now :) I'm referring this to the technical committee, hopefully they
haven't turned into robots and have some good sense to leave leave be. (heh)
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