On Sunday 30 April 2006 01:42, Julien Danjou wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: normal > > Hi,
Hello, > apt-build really lacks of support right now. > It works pretty well, but currently it is not capable to deal with > every particular case that it might encounter. > Many improvements could be done, mainly by using libapt-pkg-perl and > enhancing it (like adding new bindings), instead of using external > programs such as apt-get or apt-cache. Perhaps some bits from apt-build can e merged to sibling projects like apt-src, sbuild or similar. > I have no time and no interest in working on apt-build, since I never > used it. > I only wrote it as a proof of concept that Debian could work the way > Gentoo did. I'm not sure what you mean here, but Debian already has several tools to build, test and improve debian source packages. Just to name a few ... starting from [ the bare apt-get build-dep && --build, several <SCM>-buildpackage, debuild, pbuilder, apt-src, sbuild and probably several unofficials like apt-fu ... and ending with the famous wanna-build/buildd/sbuild infrastructure along with dak ] > If you want to kick out Gentoo and source based distro, please consider > helping apt-build. These are really no good reasons and probably a loose bait, I doubt there is something or someone to kick out ;-) Again I'm not sure what the definition of source based distro is and what is Debian lacking exactly ;-) IMHO having tools to build the distro source packages implies being a source based distro, but Debian has always has such tools and infrastructures. I really can't think of other distribution on the Earth with so many build tools. > A project is already set up on Alioth. Good. No offence plase, but I realy do not see the point of having so many build wizards ;-) Consolidate please ;-) -- pub 4096R/0E4BD0AB 2003-03-18 <people.fccf.net/danchev/key pgp.mit.edu> fingerprint 1AE7 7C66 0A26 5BFF DF22 5D55 1C57 0C89 0E4B D0AB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
