On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 01:04:38PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > 3.1) Provide an easy and reliable way to tell if the optional targets > > > are implemented. > > > > And once that's there, clarify Policy to say what dpkg-buildpackage et al > > will do: if optional targets are missing, do the old thing. If the optional > > targets are there, do the new thing instead. > > Oh, I just misparsed this when I replied last time. I think what you > mean is: > > if rules.version=0, then dpkg-buildpackage behaviour will be ... > if rules.version=1, then dpkg-buildpackage will be allowed to do ... > etc. > > But of course, this has to be done with the consent and coorperation > of the dpkg maintainers.
Yes. Which is what we should have done the first time around! -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.