On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 June 2008, at 11:21:30 (+0200), > Albin Tonnerre wrote: > >> Please, no. This was intentionnaly reverted because it causes a >> build failure when using tarballs created by 'make distcheck', as >> the debian dir is not included in them (on purpose) > > I still think this is a huge mistake. It's a very simple matter for > someone who doesn't want to use it to "rm -rf" a debian/ hierarchy > that is already there. > > It's a hell of a lot harder for someone who *does* want to use it to > reproduce it out of thin air.
I'm not a packager myself, but all the packagers that I know hate this, and seems that it's written somewhere in debian packager docs that debian/ folders should not be part of the project. as for those willing to create own ad-hoc packages, isn't checkinstall enough? -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
