* Paul Cager: >> This is a bit tricky. Theoretically, you are supposed to bootstrap >> from an installed version (IOW, a self-depdency). > > So we couldn't use bootstrapping to get the *first* version into Debian?
If there are architecture-dependent binary packages, they need to built and uploaded manually, for each architecture. The same thing happens when you break the chain. The upload history for MLton might be quite instructive here. It's basically a non-issue for architecture-independent packages. The only requirement is that the package can be rebuilt with itself. > We could only use version (n-1) to build version (n)? You need to start from somewhere, obviously. 8-) >> However, several >> packages (Ocaml, for instance) bootstrap from blobs. > > Ah - so we might get away with it? Maybe I should use ask the FTP > masters? The current Java policy requires that you strip the JARs. Not that it is rigorously followed, but you should decide first what you actually want, and then you can pester the ftpmasters. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
