Paul Wise wrote: > I note that you plan to modify the helper tools > (debhelper/cdbs/yada/etc). I think that you will get better coverage > by modifying dpkg-dev instead. Have you not considered that option or > am I missing a disadvantage of it?
I tried to think in another level that would cover more packages than helper tools. The problem I see with dpkg-dev is that it's not "the way" to build packages (you can simply call ./debian/rules binary AFAIK), and I'm not sure where I would create them; I guess dpkg-gencontrol would be the most appropriate place, but we have the same problem than with helper tools: not every package uses it. So I don't see any benefit with using dpkg-dev, and some problems (like packages being stripped when dpkg-dev is called as dpkg-buildpackage may not have been used to build the package). > Thanks for working on this, it is really great to see it happening finally. Thanks for your feedback! Emilio
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