On Aug 26, 2009, at 18:05, Andrew Flegg wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:25, Ed Bartosh<[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/8/26 Andrew Flegg <[email protected]>: >>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:17, Ed Bartosh<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Build-Depends is OK. scp is hackish. >>> >>> Why is scp hackish? I use it in preference to dput all the time. >>> What >>> value does dput give for the extras autobuilder? >> >> dput is a standard tool for uploading packages to builders in Debian. >> scp is a tool for copying files over ssh connection. >> Don't you feel the difference? > > If tool A uses tool B under the covers, and is effectively no more > than a wrapper around it, with its own config files to obfuscate > things which add no value at all *for a particular use case*; then no, > I don't see a difference. > > Maemo isn't Debian, despite being built on it, and the auto-builder > use cases are different to those in Debian; why cling to a tool which > is designed for one use when using scp (which is all dput is using > here) could solve some real world problems?
This is a good point - we have a chance to reduce the bloat of the debian system that is designed for at least eight official architectures when we build only two. Plus there might be a way to innovate and to simplify the entire build process over time which would be a huge win for developers. Jeremiah _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
